Dealing with failure is easy.
ALAN PERLISWe are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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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 computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
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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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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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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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