Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
Alan J. Perlis
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Anonymous
The best things are simple, but finding these simple things is not simple.
Anonymous
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's Razor
What is the difference between a Turing machine and the modern computer? It's the same as that between Hillary's ascent of Everest and the establishment of a Hilton hotel on its peak.
Alan J. Perlis
It takes an intelligent person to build something complex; it takes a genius to build something simple.
Anonymous
The reason we plan ahead is so that we don't have to do anything right now.
Anonymous
The best code is no code at all.
Anonymous
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall