Optimization hinders evolution.
ALAN PERLISIn English every word can be verbed.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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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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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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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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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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