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ALAN PERLISIn software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Any noun can be verbed.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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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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In English every word can be verbed.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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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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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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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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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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