In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
ALAN PERLIS
Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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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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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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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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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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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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