Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Systems have sub-systems and sub-systems have sub- systems and so on ad infinitum - which is why we're always starting over.
Alan J. Perlis
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Anonymous
Process is no substitute for synaptic activity.
Jeff DeLuca
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
Nathaniel S Borenstein
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
When I have a specific goal in mind and a complicated piece of code to write, I spend my time making it happen rather than telling myself stories about it.
Steve Yegge