Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.
From SICP
UNIX is user friendly. It just picks whom it wants to be friends with.
Anonymous
Web Development is a lot like kickboxing: You have to watch your cookies.
Anonymous
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen
Documentation is like sex. When it's good, it's fantastic. When it's bad, it's still better than nothing.
Anonymous
Inside every complex program is a simple program trying to get out.
Anonymous
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
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
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
Donald Knuth