Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.
Alan J. Perlis
One programmer can do in one day what two programmers can do in two.
Anonymous
An adequate bootstrap is a contradiction in terms.
Alan J. Perlis
One who works with their hands is a laborer.
Anonymous
One who works with their hands and their mind is a craftsman.
One who works with their hands, mind and heart is an artist.
I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.
Anonymous
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.
Edward V Berard
Use four digits. A new millenium is coming.
Jon Bentley (1976)
I don't care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your machine!
Ovidiu Platon
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.
John Carmack