Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
ALAN PERLISIf you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that’s because it’s the best book on anything for the layman.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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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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It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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