Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden: Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf.
Alan J. Perlis
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable."
Alan J. Perlis
If you get it free, it is worthless. If you pay for it, it has value. If you build it yourself, it is priceless.
Raj More
There are only 3 numbers of interest to a computer scientist: 1, 0 and infinity.
Anonymous
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Anonymous
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
Good programmers never write what they can steal or borrow.
Jeff Atwood
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
Alan J. Perlis
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis