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
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
Programming is not like being in the CIA; you don't get credit for being sneaky. It's more like advertising; you get lots of credit for making your connections as blatant as possible.
Steve McConnell on coupling from, "Code Complete."
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
They did not know it was impossible, so they did it!
Mark Twain
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed — it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
Alan J. Perlis
Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement.
Fred Brooks
Perspective is worth 80 I.Q. points
Alan Kay
Wherever there is modularity there is the potential for misunderstanding: Hiding information implies a need to check communication.
Alan J. Perlis