Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Alan J. Perlis
They did not know it was impossible, so they did it!
Mark Twain
Programming can be fun, so can cryptography; however they should not be combined.
Kreitzberg and Shneiderman
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
Good web applications should look like trifle.
Cal Henderson
In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.
From SICP
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection. But that usually will create another problem.
David Wheeler
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
Alan J. Perlis