Alan Perlis on explain
Alan Perlis73 quotes“If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.”
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that’s because it’s the best book on anything for the layman.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis There is no such thing as a free variable.
Alan PerlisAlan Perlis Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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