Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
Alan J. Perlis
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Kent Beck
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
Steve Taylor
There is nothing quite so permanent as a quick fix.
Anonymous
If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.
Alan J. Perlis
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
Eric Raymond
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis
A startup now can be just a pair of 22 year old guys. A company like that can move much more easily than one with 10 people, half of whom have kids.
Paul Graham
I hate code, and I want as little of it in our product as possible.
Jack Diederich