I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
ALAN PERLISBecause of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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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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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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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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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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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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