Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
You want a dot operator in PHP?
Matthew Leffler
eval(str_replace('.', '->', $code_with_dot_operator))
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
The object-oriented model makes it easy to build up programs by accretion. What this often means, in practice, is that it provides a structured way to write spaghetti code.
Paul Graham
Better train people and risk they leave – than do nothing and risk they stay.
Anonymous
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
Alan J. Perlis
The C Programming Language — A language which combines the flexibility of assembly language with the power of assembly language.
Anonymous
Use four digits. A new millenium is coming.
Jon Bentley (1976)
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous