You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
ALAN PERLISOnce you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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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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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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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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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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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 English every word can be verbed.
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