Banality soothes our nerves.
ALAN PERLISSimplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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