“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
ALAN PERLISI hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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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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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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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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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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