Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
ALAN PERLISWhen someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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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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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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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 software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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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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