Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
ALAN PERLISOne can only display complex information in the mind.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
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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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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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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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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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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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