In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
ALAN PERLISSimplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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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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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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