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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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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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 software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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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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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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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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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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