Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
Alan J. Perlis
You might as well pay your customers 50K because they are just your QA.
Juixe TechKnow
Perhaps if we wrote programs from childhood on, as adults we'd be able to read them.
Alan J. Perlis
I finally found a definition for "middleware". "Middleware" is the software nobody wants to pay for.
Chris Stone
C: a language that combines all the elegance and power of assembly language with all the readability and maintainability of assembly language.
Anonymous
In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt.
Blair P. Houghton
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh
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
As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable."
Alan J. Perlis