You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
ALAN PERLISYou think you KNOW when you learn.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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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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There is no such thing as a free 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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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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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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