It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
ALAN PERLISOnce you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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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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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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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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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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