Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
ALAN PERLISWork hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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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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Banality soothes our nerves.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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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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