Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
ALAN PERLISWe are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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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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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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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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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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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 a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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