If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
ALAN PERLISIf your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
ALAN PERLISA language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
ALAN PERLISA picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
ALAN PERLISWhat fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
ALAN PERLISBanality soothes our nerves.
ALAN PERLISLearning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
ALAN PERLISOptimization hinders evolution.
ALAN PERLISDon’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
ALAN PERLISC programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
ALAN PERLISA year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
ALAN PERLISLike seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
ALAN PERLISOne can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
ALAN PERLISDealing with failure is easy.
ALAN PERLISIn English every word can be verbed.
ALAN PERLISThe 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.
ALAN PERLISAdapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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