Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.
Alan J. Perlis
Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.
Alan J. Perlis
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.
Larry Wall
You start writing code, I'll go see what the customer wants
Anonymous
A logician trying to explain logic to a programmer is like a cat trying to explain to a fish what it's like to get wet.
Anonymous
If you're going to break it, then break it good. Break everything. Get to the very front of the line. Don't like move up a couple of slots. That's pointless.
Anders Hejlsberg
Manually managing blocks of memory in C is like juggling bars of soap in a prison shower: It's all fun and games until you forget about one of them.
Anonymous
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis