Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
ALAN PERLISAdapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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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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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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