Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It makes no sense to try to do what we can. We must do what is necessary.
Winston Churchill
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
An ideal world is left as an exercise to the reader.
From Paul Graham's "On Lisp"
The computer reminds one of Lon Chaney -- it is the machine of a thousand faces.
Alan J. Perlis
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
The debate rages on: is PL/I Bachtrian or Dromedary?
Alan J. Perlis
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
Make it correct,
Wes Dyer
make it clear,
make it concise,
make it fast.
In that order.
All real programmers know C of course.
Jeff Atwood
Think of all the psychic energy expended in seeking a fundamental distinction between "algorithm" and "program".
Alan J. Perlis