Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Professionalism has no place in art, and hacking is art. Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.
Jamie Zawinski
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language. Only we can't control when the 5 year period will be.
Alan J. Perlis
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous
Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them.
Michael T. Nygard.
Sure, it's overkill. But you can never have too much overkill...
Anonymous
'Goto' is always evil, like in 'goto school' or 'goto work'.
Anonymous
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis
If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.
Alan Kay