We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
ALAN PERLISThere is no such thing as a free variable.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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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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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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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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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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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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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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