Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential.
Agile Manifesto
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
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
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.
Edsger Dijkstra
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
Computers are getting smarter all the time. Scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (And by 'they', I mean 'computers'. I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)
Dave Barry
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who can read binary, and those who can't.
Anonymous
If it is worth doing once, it is worth automating...
Anonymous
Computation has made the tree flower.
Alan J. Perlis
Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.
Larry Bossidy