Dealing with failure is easy.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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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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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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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 man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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