Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
ALAN PERLISIn computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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