What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
ALAN PERLISThere is no such thing as a free variable.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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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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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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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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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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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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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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