Quotes by Programmers C programmers never die. They are just cast into void. Alan Perlis programmers void casts A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing. Alan Perlis lisp programmers cost Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored. Bjarne Stroustrup programmers bored errors To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API. Charles Petzold operating-systems programmers defined The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer. Edsger Dijkstra exploitation activity programmers Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration. Edsger Dijkstra regeneration programmers To be a programmer is to develop a carefully managed relationship with error. There's no getting around it. You either make your accomodations with failure, or the work will become intolerable. Ellen Ullman programmers errors The messiness cannot go into the program; it piles up around the programmer. Ellen Ullman messiness programmers program Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time Eric S. Raymond preference programmers machines Once we were Programmers. Maybe our last best hope is a movie. Erik Naggum hoping-for-the-best programmers lasts The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future. Gabe Newell programmers wizards tomorrow Programmers have not been professionals because they haven't really cared about quality. Jessica Livingston programmers quality havens Programmers are expensive. Hardware is cheap. Karl Lehenbauer programmers hardware expensive Man is programmed to find the programmer. Kedar Joshi programmers god men The system metaphor is a story that everyone--customers, programmers, and managers--can tell about how the system works. Kent Beck programmers metaphor stories Programmers can be lazy. Larry Wall programmers lazy As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct. Larry Wall perl programmers real Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9am it's because they were up all night. Tom Van Vleck programmers real night