Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
Jamie Zawinski
Easy things should be easy and hard things should be possible.
Larry Wall
Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere.
Alan J. Perlis
I think there's a world market for about five computers.
Thomas J Watson Senior, 1945
If C didn't exist, we would be programming in OBOL, PASAL or BASI
Anonymous
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
Edsger Dijkstra
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
Larry Wall
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson