Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis
Computers don't introduce order anywhere as much as they expose opportunities.
Alan J. Perlis
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem.
Alan J. Perlis
The third version is the first version that doesn't suck.
Mike Simpson
Use four digits. A new millenium is coming.
Jon Bentley (1976)
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall
There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly.
Alan J. Perlis
If it is worth doing once, it is worth automating...
Anonymous
An idiot with a computer is a faster, better idiot.
Rich Julius