To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
ALAN PERLISIn English every word can be verbed.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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In English every word can be verbed.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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I 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.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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