Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
R. Buckminster Fuller
I Hate Programming.
Anonymous
I Hate Programming.
I Hate Programming.
It works!
I Love Programming.
People who think, "Oh this is a one-off," need to be offed, or perhaps politely removed from the project.
George Neville-Neil
Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material.
Alan Kay
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed — it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
Alan J. Perlis
If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong.
Anonymous
If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?
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
We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Donald Knuth