Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable."
Alan J. Perlis
Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.
Anonymous
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
Making something variable is easy. Controlling duration of constancy is the trick.
Alan J. Perlis
Java. The elegant simplicity of C++. The blazing speed of Smalltalk.
Anonymous
In software, the most beautiful code, the most beautiful functions, and the most beautiful programs are sometimes not there at all.
Jon Bentley
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
I don't care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
Ovidiu Platon
Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACS in 1 sq. cm.
Alan J. Perlis