If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
ALAN PERLISIf you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
ALAN PERLISI think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
ALAN PERLISTo understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
ALAN PERLISMotto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
ALAN PERLISIf a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
ALAN PERLISYou can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
ALAN PERLISAny noun can be verbed.
ALAN PERLISWork hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
ALAN PERLISOften it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
ALAN PERLISI think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
ALAN PERLISI hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
ALAN PERLISThe best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that’s because it’s the best book on anything for the layman.
ALAN PERLISWhat fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
ALAN PERLISIf your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
ALAN PERLISOptimization hinders evolution.
ALAN PERLISDon’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
ALAN PERLIS