In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
ALAN PERLISIn English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
ALAN PERLISWe toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
ALAN PERLISAre more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
ALAN PERLISIn man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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 PERLISC programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
ALAN PERLISA programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
ALAN PERLISEvery reader should ask himself periodically.
ALAN PERLISAny noun can be verbed.
ALAN PERLISLearning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
ALAN PERLISWhat fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
ALAN PERLISOften it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
ALAN PERLISA good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
ALAN PERLISOne man’s constant is another man’s variable.
ALAN PERLISIf a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
ALAN PERLISDon’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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