There is no such thing as a free variable.
ALAN PERLISOne can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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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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Dealing with failure is easy.
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What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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“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.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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