Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
You can stand on the shoulders of giants OR a big enough pile of dwarfs, works either way.
Anonymous
He who hasn't hacked assembly language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain.
John Moore
Within a computer natural language is unnatural.
Alan J. Perlis
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Anonymous
The sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
Rules for optimization:
Michael A Jackson
1. Don't do it.
2. (for experts only) Don't do it yet.
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
UNIX is user friendly. It just picks whom it wants to be friends with.
Anonymous
C: a language that combines all the elegance and power of assembly language with all the readability and maintainability of assembly language.
Anonymous