Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Systems have sub-systems and sub-systems have sub- systems and so on ad infinitum - which is why we're always starting over.
Alan J. Perlis
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
You're never done, you just run out of time.
Anonymous
Lines of code are only worth counting, when time has come to delete them.
Anonymous
With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority. If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the Internet.
Jen, "The IT Crowd"
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham
A computer scientist counts to ten: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Anonymous
Everyone else counts to ten: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis