Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft...and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.
Wernher von Braun
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
Alan J. Perlis
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis
If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on and the dedication to go through with it.
John Carmack
Documentation is like sex. When it's good, it's fantastic. When it's bad, it's still better than nothing.
Anonymous
You can't solve social problems through technical means.
Anonymous
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
The Internet? Is that thing still around?
Homer Simpson
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
Edsger Dijkstra