Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
There is no programming language, no matter how structured, that will prevent programmers from making bad programs.
Larry Flon
There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly.
Alan J. Perlis
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
Robert R. Coveyou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
Alan J. Perlis
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
If you require information, do not free memory containing the information.
MSDN
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
Alan J. Perlis
When a professional race car driver races, his pulse gets lower and he relaxes.
Jun-ichiro Hagino
When I code it is the same thing.
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis