Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
People who think, "Oh this is a one-off," need to be offed, or perhaps politely removed from the project.
George Neville-Neil
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
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
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
Andy Rooney
The use of a program to prove the 4-color theorem will not change mathematics - it merely demonstrates that the theorem, a challenge for a century, is probably not important to mathematics.
Alan J. Perlis
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan J. Perlis
Behind Every Successful Coder, there'an even more successful De-Coder to understand that Code.
Anonymous
Just don't create a file called -rf.
Larry Wall
It's interface, not in your face.
Kai Krause
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson