Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
Alan J. Perlis
Computation has made the tree flower.
Alan J. Perlis
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
Alan J. Perlis
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
Remember, a great way to avoid broken code is to have less of it. The code that you never write will work forever.
Russ Olsen
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
Alan J. Perlis
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
Computers are getting smarter all the time. Scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (And by 'they', I mean 'computers'. I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)
Dave Barry