black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.

Related Topics

Always Click Compute Desperate Field Vitality

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Optimization hinders evolution.
ALAN PERLIS

Evolution Hinder One Liner Optimization
Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
ALAN PERLIS

Alternation Important Life Lovely Matter More Movement Picture Seek View
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
ALAN PERLIS

Bloom Computer Flower Fortean Grow Hardy Occasionally Weed
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
ALAN PERLIS

Anything Else Like Possible Software
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
ALAN PERLIS

Better Data Function Operate Structure
What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
ALAN PERLIS

Acquire Attention Critical Detail Devote Fun Make Organization Plan Self
Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
ALAN PERLIS

Help Learn Live Matter Sustain Training
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
ALAN PERLIS

Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
Optimization hinders evolution.
ALAN PERLIS

Evolution Hinder Optimization
In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
ALAN PERLIS

Every Program Long Rubble Run
Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
ALAN PERLIS

Certain Even More Program Sure Teach Write
Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
ALAN PERLIS

Every Program Purpose Two Written
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
ALAN PERLIS

Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
ALAN PERLIS

Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
ALAN PERLIS

Computer Field Fun Hope Lose Science Sense
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
ALAN PERLIS

Cast Die never Programmer Void

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes