It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
ALAN PERLISOne can only display complex information in the mind.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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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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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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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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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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