Banality soothes our nerves.
ALAN PERLISOften it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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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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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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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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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 English every word can be verbed.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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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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