Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
* No technique works if it isn't used. * Ethics change with technology. * "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
Niven's laws
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.
From SICP
... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
Robert Firth
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal
On the 7th day ... God began debugging.
Anonymous
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis
The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease.
Alan J. Perlis
C++ is an horrible language. Even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.
Linus Torvalds