Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
Must be zero, or equal to MAPI_UNICODE. In either case, however, this parameter is ignored.
MSDN
It is not the computer's fault that Maxwell's equations are not adequate to design the electric motor.
Alan J. Perlis
C is to programming as Latin is to literature.
Anonymous
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Jamie Zawinski
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
The function name should define everything the function does.
Anonymous
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
Alan J. Perlis
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.
Charles Petzold