Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The C Programming Language — A language which combines the flexibility of assembly language with the power of assembly language.
Anonymous
The eleventh commandment was "Thou Shalt Compute" or "Thou Shalt Not Compute" - I forget which.
Alan J. Perlis
No code is faster than no code.
Anonymous
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
Josh Billings
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code.
Anonymous
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC. As potential programmers, they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
E. W. Dijkstra
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis