Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed — it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
Alan J. Perlis
The computer is the ultimate polluter: its feces are indistinguish- able from the food it produces.
Alan J. Perlis
We're even wrong about which mistakes we're making.
Carl Winfeld
You can't communicate complexity, only an awareness of it.
Alan J. Perlis
Vi is a subset of evil.
Anonymous
Perl - The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption.
Keith Bostic
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
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
Saying that Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal sex is good because it works on all genders.
Anonymous