One can only display complex information in the mind.
ALAN PERLISWhat fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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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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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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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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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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