Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Talk is cheap, show me the code!
Linus Torvalds
Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.
Alan J. Perlis
Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.
Martin Fowler
If you want to confuse your enemies, give them the source code. If you want to really confuse them, give them the documentation.
Anonymous
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan J. Perlis
Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden: Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf.
Alan J. Perlis
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
Development has two outputs... Code & Bugs
Anonymous
* No technique works if it isn't used. * Ethics change with technology. * "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
Niven's laws
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.
Robert Sewell