Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger
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
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways.
Alan J. Perlis
Vi is a subset of evil.
Anonymous
C++ is an horrible language. Even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.
Linus Torvalds
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on software design.
Bruce Tognazzini
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
Peter Williams
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken