Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Yes, sometimes Perl looks like line noise to the uninitiated, but to the seasoned Perl programmer, it looks like checksummed line noise with a mission in life.
Randal Schwartz
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis
It is not the computer's fault that Maxwell's equations are not adequate to design the electric motor.
Alan J. Perlis
Debugging is like farting - it's not so bad when it's your own code.
Anonymous
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
IBM Manual, 1925
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh
I Hate Programming. I Hate Programming. I Hate Programming. It works! I Love Programming.
Anonymous
A computer scientist counts to ten: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ... Everyone else counts to ten: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Anonymous
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers