One can only display complex information in the mind.
ALAN PERLISLike seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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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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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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“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.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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The 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.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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