Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
They did not know it was impossible, so they did it!
Mark Twain
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
Rich Kulawiec
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere.
Alan J. Perlis
I think there's a world market for about five computers.
Thomas J Watson Senior, 1945
The eleventh commandment was "Thou Shalt Compute" or "Thou Shalt Not Compute" - I forget which.
Alan J. Perlis
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
Alan J. Perlis
When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.
Alan J. Perlis
j++; // increment j
Anonymous