Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy
If you can imagine a society in which the computer - robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.
Alan J. Perlis
Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.
Anonymous
Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to a system.
Fernando J. Corbató
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
The cybernetic exchange between man, computer and algorithm is like a game of musical chairs: The frantic search for balance always leaves one of the three standing ill at ease.
Alan J. Perlis
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
Computation has made the tree flower.
Alan J. Perlis
Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.
Alan J. Perlis
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky