Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
Alan J. Perlis
There's no test like production.
Anonymous
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
Alan J. Perlis
A program without a loop and a structured variable isn't worth writing.
Alan J. Perlis
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.
Pablo Picasso
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Jamie Zawinski
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall