Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In computing, invariants are ephemeral.
Alan J. Perlis
Java is to JavaScript what Car is to Carpet.
Chris Heilmann
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
You think you know when you can learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
Alan J. Perlis
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Martin Fowler
[Perl] combines all the worst aspects of C and Lisp: a billion different sublanguages in one monolithic executable. It combines the power of C with the readability of PostScript.
Jamie Zawinski
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
C trades a slap on the wrist at compile time for a knife in the back at run time.
Anonymous
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
Alan J. Perlis