Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
Larry Wall
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Anonymous
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
Some programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' shoulders. Other programmers try to reach higher by standing on other programmers' toes.
Anonymous
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan J. Perlis
Beware of the Turing tar-pit in which everything is possible but nothing of interest is easy.
Alan J. Perlis
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
One does not learn computing by using a hand calculator, but one can forget arithmetic.
Alan J. Perlis
If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?
Anonymous