Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
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
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
Alan J. Perlis
An idiot with a computer is a faster, better idiot.
Rich Julius
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not-working to working.
John Ousterhout
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
Eric Raymond
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory