You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
ALAN PERLISWe are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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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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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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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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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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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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FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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