Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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
We have the mini and the micro computer. In what semantic niche would the pico computer fall?
Alan J. Perlis
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan Kay
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous
We're even wrong about which mistakes we're making.
Carl Winfeld
The computer is the ultimate polluter: its feces are indistinguish- able from the food it produces.
Alan J. Perlis
Java. The elegant simplicity of C++. The blazing speed of Smalltalk.
Anonymous
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
Blame doesn't fix bugs.
Anonymous