In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
ALAN PERLIS
When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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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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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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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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Banality soothes our nerves.
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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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