Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
To iterate is human, to recurse divine.
L. Peter Deutsch
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, you really don't understand it yourself.
Albert Einstein
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
Java. The elegant simplicity of C++. The blazing speed of Smalltalk.
Anonymous
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC. As potential programmers, they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
E. W. Dijkstra
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
Use four digits. A new millenium is coming.
Jon Bentley (1976)
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis