Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The proof of a system's value is its existence.
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 sooner you get behind in your work, the more time you have to catch up.
Anonymous
Rules are for the obedience of the inexperienced and the guidance of the wise.
Anonymous
Starting a startup is hard, but having a 9 to 5 job is hard too, and in some ways a worse kind of hard.
Paul Graham
If you don't think you're doing great things, you're probably right.
Anonymous
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
Alan J. Perlis
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Rich Cook
Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.
Alan J. Perlis