Quotes by Programmers C programmers never die. They are just cast into void. Alan Perlis programmersvoidcasts A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing. Alan Perlis lispprogrammerscost Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored. Bjarne Stroustrup programmersborederrors To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API. Charles Petzold operating-systemsprogrammersdefined The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer. Edsger Dijkstra exploitationactivityprogrammers Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration. Edsger Dijkstra regenerationprogrammers 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 programmerserrors The messiness cannot go into the program; it piles up around the programmer. Ellen Ullman messinessprogrammersprogram Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time Eric S. Raymond preferenceprogrammersmachines Once we were Programmers. Maybe our last best hope is a movie. Erik Naggum hoping-for-the-bestprogrammerslasts The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future. Gabe Newell programmerswizardstomorrow Programmers have not been professionals because they haven't really cared about quality. Jessica Livingston programmersqualityhavens Programmers are expensive. Hardware is cheap. Karl Lehenbauer programmershardwareexpensive Man is programmed to find the programmer. Kedar Joshi programmersgodmen The system metaphor is a story that everyone--customers, programmers, and managers--can tell about how the system works. Kent Beck programmersmetaphorstories Programmers can be lazy. Larry Wall programmerslazy As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct. Larry Wall perlprogrammersreal 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 programmersrealnight
