C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
ALAN PERLISIf you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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