Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
ALAN PERLISA year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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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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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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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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When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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