Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . . Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
Tom DeMarco
On the 7th day ... God began debugging.
Anonymous
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
If we'd asked the customers what they wanted, they would have said "faster horses".
Henry Ford
Question: How does a large software project get to be one year late? Answer: One day at a time!
Fred Brooks
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
The more bizarre the behavior, the more stupid the mistake.
Ed's Law of Debugging
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
One can only display complex information in the mind. Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
Alan J. Perlis
Must be zero, or equal to MAPI_UNICODE. In either case, however, this parameter is ignored.
MSDN