Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Quite frankly, even if the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, that in itself would… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
UNIX has a philosophy, it has 25 years of history behind it, and most importantly, it has a clean core. It strives… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Once you realize that documentation should be laughed at, peed upon, put on fire, and just ridiculed in general, then, and only then, have… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
I think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
The correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
People will realize that software is not a product; you use it to build a product. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
There are "extremists" in the free software world, but that's one major reason why I don't call what I do "free software" any more.… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
I have one very basic rule when it comes to "good ideas". A good idea is not an idea that solves a problem cleanly.… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
Modern PCs are horrible. ACPI is a complete design disaster in every way. But we're kind of stuck with it. If any Intel people… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share
