Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If you can imagine a society in which the computer - robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.
Alan J. Perlis
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
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Alan J. Perlis
The evolution of languages: FORTRAN is a non-typed language. C is a weakly typed language. Ada is a strongly typed language. C++ is a strongly hyped language.
Ron Sercely
All programming is an exercise in caching.
Terje Mathisen
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Alan J. Perlis
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Alan J. Perlis
The time machine's software will have a recursive main method.
Anonymous