Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.
Tao of Programming
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft...and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.
Wernher von Braun
If you get it free, it is worthless. If you pay for it, it has value. If you build it yourself, it is priceless.
Raj More
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
Java is like a variant of the game of Tetris in which none of the pieces can fill gaps created by the other pieces, so all you can do is pile them up endlessly.
Steve Yegge
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
The debate rages on: is PL/I Bachtrian or Dromedary?
Alan J. Perlis
Let the code run free, if it needs to be debugged, it will come back.
Anonymous
Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACS in 1 sq. cm.
Alan J. Perlis