Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Within a computer natural language is unnatural.
Alan J. Perlis
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
Alan J. Perlis
I've never written the best code I've ever written.
Anonymous
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
Change breaks the brittle.
Jan Houtema
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Alan J. Perlis
The function name should define everything the function does.
Anonymous
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed — it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
Alan J. Perlis