We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
ALAN PERLISI think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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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 toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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The 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.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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