You think you KNOW when you learn.
ALAN PERLIS“Toward what end, toward what end?”- but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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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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Optimization hinders evolution.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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