Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
ALAN PERLISThat it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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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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Dealing with failure is easy.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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