Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Process is no substitute for synaptic activity.
Jeff DeLuca
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
Alan J. Perlis
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I can't always tell the difference.
Jeff Atwood
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
I (...) am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand.
Douglas Adams
I'll try to be nicer if you try to be smarter.
Assaf Nitzan
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, you really don't understand it yourself.
Albert Einstein
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous