Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
One Page Principle: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood.
Mark Ardis
In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.
From SICP
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
For systems, the analogue of a face-lift is to add to the control graph an edge that creates a cycle, not just an additional node.
Alan J. Perlis
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
R. Buckminster Fuller
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
Alan J. Perlis
If C didn't exist, we would be programming in OBOL, PASAL or BASI
Anonymous
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Kent Beck
It's interface, not in your face.
Kai Krause
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan J. Perlis