Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis
Rules for optimization:
Michael A Jackson
1. Don't do it.
2. (for experts only) Don't do it yet.
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall
Once you've dressed and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.
Coco Chanel
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
[Perl] combines all the worst aspects of C and Lisp: a billion different sublanguages in one monolithic executable. It combines the power of C with the readability of PostScript.
Jamie Zawinski
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
C.A.R. Hoare.
Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers.
Alan J. Perlis