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
It's not what the software does. It's what the user does.
Hugh Macleod
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan J. Perlis
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as users: the computer industry and the drug trade.
Edward Tufte
You can have a negative percent chance of succeeding in a task. For example, if you have a -5% chance of succeeding, not only will you fail every time you make an attempt, you will also fail 1 in 20 times that you don't even try.
Anonymous
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
Good programmers learn more from "That's not what I expected!" than from getting it right the first time.
Anonymous
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.
IBM Manual, 1925