If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
ALAN PERLISIf your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
ALAN PERLISTo understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
ALAN PERLISOne man’s constant is another man’s variable.
ALAN PERLISA good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
ALAN PERLISYou can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
ALAN PERLISWhen it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
ALAN PERLISA year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
ALAN PERLISYou think you KNOW when you learn.
ALAN PERLISThe 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 PERLISDon’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
ALAN PERLISA programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
ALAN PERLISAny noun can be verbed.
ALAN PERLISA LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
ALAN PERLISA picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
ALAN PERLISI 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 PERLISThere are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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