You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
ALAN PERLISAre more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
-
-
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
ALAN PERLIS -
I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
ALAN PERLIS -
You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
ALAN PERLIS -
When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
ALAN PERLIS -
One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
ALAN PERLIS -
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
ALAN PERLIS -
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
ALAN PERLIS -
Optimization hinders evolution.
ALAN PERLIS -
I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
ALAN PERLIS -
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
ALAN PERLIS -
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
ALAN PERLIS -
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
ALAN PERLIS -
Banality soothes our nerves.
ALAN PERLIS -
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
ALAN PERLIS -
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
ALAN PERLIS