Every reader should ask himself periodically.
ALAN PERLISOne can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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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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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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