Banality soothes our nerves.
ALAN PERLISHardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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