Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.
Robert Sewell
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
Alan J. Perlis
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy
PHP is a minor evil perpetrated and created by incompetent amateurs, whereas Perl is a great and insidious evil perpetrated by skilled but perverted professionals.
Jon Ribbens
Programming can be fun, so can cryptography; however they should not be combined.
Kreitzberg and Shneiderman
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Anonymous
Better train people and risk they leave – than do nothing and risk they stay.
Anonymous