Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
ALAN PERLISOne man’s constant is another man’s variable.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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The 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.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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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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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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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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