Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
ALAN PERLIS
Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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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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Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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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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