Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
The C Programming Language — A language which combines the flexibility of assembly language with the power of assembly language.
Anonymous
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
* No technique works if it isn't used.
Niven's laws
* Ethics change with technology.
* "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sir Arthur C Clarke
Software is hard.
Donald Knuth
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
C++ : Where friends have access to your private members.
Gavin Russell Baker