Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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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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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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That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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