Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.
Alan J. Perlis
If you get it free, it is worthless. If you pay for it, it has value. If you build it yourself, it is priceless.
Raj More
There's more than one way to do it.
Larry Wall about Perl
There are only two hard problems in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.
Phil Karlton
People who deal with bits should expect to get bitten.
Jon Bentley
Purely applicative languages are poorly applicable.
Alan J. Perlis
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky
* No technique works if it isn't used. * Ethics change with technology. * "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
Niven's laws