Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Peter Williams
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Isaac Asimov
There is nothing quite so permanent as a quick fix.
Anonymous
If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on and the dedication to go through with it.
John Carmack
The computer reminds one of Lon Chaney -- it is the machine of a thousand faces.
Alan J. Perlis
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
I think there's a world market for about five computers.
Thomas J Watson Senior, 1945
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone
Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan J. Perlis
I went to school to learn how to program software applications, which inevitably have bug defects. There was no course at my university on testing, debugging, profiling, or optimization. These things you have to learn on your own, usually in a tight deadline.
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