Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
There are 10 types of people. Those who can read ternary, those who can't and those who mistake it for binary.
Anonymous
In software, the most beautiful code, the most beautiful functions, and the most beautiful programs are sometimes not there at all.
Jon Bentley
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison
What is the difference between a Turing machine and the modern computer? It's the same as that between Hillary's ascent of Everest and the establishment of a Hilton hotel on its peak.
Alan J. Perlis
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
Code never lies, comments sometimes do.
Ron Jeffries
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
Alan J. Perlis
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken