Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If it is worth doing once, it is worth automating...
Anonymous
The sooner we start coding fewer frameworks and more programs the sooner we’ll become better programmers.
Warped Java Guy Elementary Java Solutions
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed — it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
Alan J. Perlis
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis
The difference between something that can go wrong and something that can’t possibly go wrong is that when something that can’t possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
Douglas Adams
It is the user who should parameterize procedures, not their creators.
Alan J. Perlis
The best code is no code at all.
Anonymous
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
John Gall