Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".
Alan J. Perlis
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Alan J. Perlis
If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.
Anonymous
The time machine's software will have a recursive main method.
Anonymous
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
Pasting code from the Internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street.
Anonymous
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
Any fool can use a computer. Many do.
Ted Nelson
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
Edsger Dijkstra
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison