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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Optimization hinders evolution.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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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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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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