Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
Programming is difficult. At its core, it is about managing complexity. Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make. Quality is illusive and elusive.
Douglas Crockford
Anyone who considers arithmetic methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
John von Neumann
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
E. W. Dijkstra
Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
Jamie Zawinski
The function name should define everything the function does.
Anonymous
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software.
Alan J. Perlis
Purely applicative languages are poorly applicable.
Alan J. Perlis
Only Half of programming is coding. The other 90% is debugging.
Anonymous