Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders.
Anonymous
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce
Only in wealth, there is room for a bad idea.
Jasper van der Meer
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
E. W. Dijkstra
Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.
Charles Petzold
My programs don't have bugs, they just develop random features.
Anonymous
If you can imagine a society in which the computer - robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.
Alan J. Perlis
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Donald Knuth
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Alan J. Perlis
Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders.
Anonymous