Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.
Alan Kay
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's Razor
It's 5.50 a.m.... Do you know where your stack pointer is?
Anonymous
Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations.
Conway's Law
It is the user who should parameterize procedures, not their creators.
Alan J. Perlis
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction: One, it's completely impossible. Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
Arthur C. Clarke
He who hasn't hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain.
John Moore
A good system can't have a weak command language.
Alan J. Perlis