Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
One does not learn computing by using a hand calculator, but one can forget arithmetic.
Alan J. Perlis
Java. The elegant simplicity of C++. The blazing speed of Smalltalk.
Anonymous
Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.
Tao Of Programming
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
Josh Billings
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.
Alan J. Perlis
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.
Anonymous
There are 10 types of people. Those who can read ternary, those who can't and those who mistake it for binary.
Anonymous
The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software.
Alan J. Perlis
We better hurry up and start coding, there are going to be a lot of bugs to fix.
Anonymous
Before software should be reusable, it should be usable.
Ralph Johnson