Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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
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
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
The computer is the ultimate polluter: its feces are indistinguish- able from the food it produces.
Alan J. Perlis
All programming is an exercise in caching.
Terje Mathisen
You have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works.
Anonymous
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.
Anonymous
You want a dot operator in PHP?
Matthew Leffler
eval(str_replace('.', '->', $code_with_dot_operator))
The third version is the first version that doesn't suck.
Mike Simpson