Cult Quote by Bob Barton

In the beginning, there were Real Programmers.

— Eric S. Raymond

Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields

— Bjarne Stroustrup

“Master programmers think of systems as stories to be told rather than programs to be written.”

— Robert C. Martin

Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people

— Douglas Crockford

The belief that complex systems require armies of designers and programmers is wrong. A system that is not understood in its entirety, or at…

— Niklaus Wirth

Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of…

— Tim O'Reilly

“The first hackers were people in software who like solving problems and believe in freedom and helping each other. They produced a lot of…

— CJS Hayward

The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers.

— Eric S. Raymond

Prolific programmers contribute to certain disaster.

— Niklaus Wirth

“Hackers, makers, programmers, engineers, nerds, techies — what we’ll call “geeks” for the rest of the book (deal with it) — we’re a creative…

— Jeff Potter

Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul.

— John Carmack

That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.

— Larry Niven