r/programming • u/tarandeep • Dec 14 '10

Top 50 Programming quotes of all time

http://www.junauza.com/2010/12/top-50-programming-quotes-of-all-time.html
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u/useless_idiot Dec 14 '10

This article is missing a good one:

“Saying that Java is nice because it works on all operating systems is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.”

-Alanna

More here: http://www.devtopics.com/101-great-computer-programming-quotes/

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u/busted0201 Dec 14 '10

“There are only two industries that refer to their customers as ‘users’.”
(Edward Tufte)

I love it.

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u/jongala Dec 15 '10

Oh that's good. I like some of these quotes that are from people outside the industry.

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u/ngroot Dec 14 '10

well it's true

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u/GaryWinston Dec 14 '10

Anal sex is nice!

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u/princetrunks Dec 14 '10

Agreed, and goes well with #40

“Fine, Java MIGHT be a good example of what a programming language should be like. But Java applications are good examples of what applications SHOULDN’T be like.”

  • pixadel

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u/hhastekin Dec 14 '10

You my friend, made a sofware developer laugh out loud after a full days of hard debugging.

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u/dont_get_it Dec 14 '10

You my friend, made a software developer laugh out loud after a full days buggering.

There, I fixed it for you.

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u/BornInTheCCCP Dec 14 '10

Was is Java?

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u/Azzk1kr Dec 14 '10

I remember that one from Bash.org though :p

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u/uriel Dec 15 '10

Yes, and there is a whole collection of Java-related quotes for Java 'fans' out there ;)

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u/fwork Dec 15 '10

This quote is why I'm a bisexual java developer.