Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The sooner we start coding fewer frameworks and more programs the sooner we’ll become better programmers.
Warped Java Guy Elementary Java Solutions
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis
If you've seen one picture of the Mandelbrot Set, you've seen them all.
Bill Karwin
Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.
John Carmack
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.
Edward V Berard
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone
The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying.
John Carmack on software patents
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers