Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The debate rages on: is PL/I Bachtrian or Dromedary?
Alan J. Perlis
When a professional race car driver races, his pulse gets lower and he relaxes.
Jun-ichiro Hagino
When I code it is the same thing.
We're even wrong about which mistakes we're making.
Carl Winfeld
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
Bjarne Stroustrup
They won't tell you that they don't understand it; they will happily invent their way through the gaps and obscurities.
V.A. Vyssotsky on software programmers and their views on specifications
Question: How does a large software project get to be one year late? Answer: One day at a time!
Fred Brooks
In software, the most beautiful code, the most beautiful functions, and the most beautiful programs are sometimes not there at all.
Jon Bentley
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
Alan J. Perlis
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
It's interface, not in your face.
Kai Krause