Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Any set of procedures, no matter how well intentioned or useful, that are too difficult to follow, will be circumvented.
Ravera's First Law of System Administration
Easy things should be easy and hard things should be possible.
Larry Wall
Systems have sub-systems and sub-systems have sub- systems and so on ad infinitum - which is why we're always starting over.
Alan J. Perlis
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
They won't tell you that they don't understand it; they will happily invent their way through the gaps and obscurities.
V.A. Vyssotsky on software programmers and their views on specifications
C is quirky, flawed and an enormous success.
Dennis Ritchie
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
Singleton is a misconcept in OOP unless it's used as a misconcepted paradigm for application development.
Anonymous
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
Grady Booch
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis