You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
ALAN PERLISA year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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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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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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