Every reader should ask himself periodically.
ALAN PERLISYou can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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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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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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