Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACS in 1 sq. cm.
Alan J. Perlis
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Alan J. Perlis
Within a computer natural language is unnatural.
Alan J. Perlis
Anyone who considers arithmetic methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
John von Neumann
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
Andy Rooney
A programmer that is 10 times better than another will probably be happy making only 3 times as much.
Paul Graham
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
Bill Gates
Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff.
Cory Doctorow
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.
Edsger Dijkstra
90% of everything is crap
Sturgeon's Revelation