Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all...
Larry Wall
Python's syntax succeeds in combining the mistakes of Lisp and Fortran. I do not construe that as progress.
Larry Wall
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Anonymous
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
90% of everything is crap
Sturgeon's Revelation
Computers don't introduce order anywhere as much as they expose opportunities.
Alan J. Perlis
Let the code run free, if it needs to be debugged, it will come back.
Anonymous
Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else.
Eagleson's Law