Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
You have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works.
Anonymous
The C Programming Language — A language which combines the flexibility of assembly language with the power of assembly language.
Anonymous
The debate rages on: is PL/I Bachtrian or Dromedary?
Alan J. Perlis
Good software, like wine, takes time.
Joel Spolsky
Every dark corner you haven't explored with your flashlight is full of bugs.
Kent Beck and Martin Fowler
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.
Anonymous
If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.
Alan J. Perlis
For systems, the analogue of a face-lift is to add to the control graph an edge that creates a cycle, not just an additional node.
Alan J. Perlis
Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACS in 1 sq. cm.
Alan J. Perlis