Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on software design.
Bruce Tognazzini
Python's syntax succeeds in combining the mistakes of Lisp and Fortran. I do not construe that as progress.
Larry Wall
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
Alan J. Perlis
As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable."
Alan J. Perlis
Code never lies, comments sometimes do.
Ron Jeffries
...basically, avoid comments. If your code needs a comment to be understood, it would be better to rewrite it so it's easier to understand.
Rob Pike
Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere.
Alan J. Perlis
My programs don't have bugs, they just develop random features.
Anonymous
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous