In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
ALAN PERLISSimplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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