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ALAN PERLISWe began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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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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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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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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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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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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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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