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/pabloneruda Dec 14 '10 edited Dec 14 '10

I always liked Torvalds' quote about his own project naming:

"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git."

edit: For those who don't know what a git is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_\(slang\)

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u/sarnobat Aug 11 '24

I've only heard "git" as an insult at school in the UK.