Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.
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