Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Before software should be reusable, it should be usable.
Ralph Johnson
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
Isaac Asimov
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
Alan J. Perlis
The latest new features in C++ are designed to fix the previously new features in C++.
David Jameson
It makes no sense to try to do what we can. We must do what is necessary.
Winston Churchill
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis