Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
ALAN PERLISFools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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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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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Any noun 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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Optimization hinders evolution.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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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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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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