Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
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
The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.
Douglas Crocford
Python's syntax succeeds in combining the mistakes of Lisp and Fortran. I do not construe that as progress.
Larry Wall
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis
If you want to confuse your enemies, give them the source code. If you want to really confuse them, give them the documentation.
Anonymous
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable."
Alan J. Perlis