I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
ALAN PERLISSimplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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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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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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