"The system is able to compile as-is, and has been known to work."

Although this still feels painfully accurate sometimes, almost twenty years later, Linux remains one of the all-time greatest hacks ever perpetrated. It's pretty cool to see it in its embryonic state, preserved for digital eternity on a Usenet archive.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/msg/2194d253268b0a1b?pli=1

"This is a program for hackers by a hacker."