Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?
Anonymous
I Hate Programming.
Anonymous
I Hate Programming.
I Hate Programming.
It works!
I Love Programming.
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.
Larry Wall
The use of a program to prove the 4-color theorem will not change mathematics - it merely demonstrates that the theorem, a challenge for a century, is probably not important to mathematics.
Alan J. Perlis
I’ve finally learned what ‘upward compatible’ means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes.
Dennie van Tassel
If C didn't exist, we would be programming in OBOL, PASAL or BASI
Anonymous
I know it doesn't sound like a big effort, but programmers are really, really lazy, and they like to minimize motion. They'd use feeder tubes if the Health Department would let them.
Steve Yegge
One Page Principle: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
Mark Ardis
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors.
Waldi Ravens