FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
ALAN PERLISOne man’s constant is another man’s variable.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
-
-
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
ALAN PERLIS -
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
ALAN PERLIS -
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
ALAN PERLIS -
There is no such thing as a free variable.
ALAN PERLIS -
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
ALAN PERLIS -
I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
ALAN PERLIS -
One can only display complex information in the mind.
ALAN PERLIS -
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
ALAN PERLIS -
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
ALAN PERLIS -
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
ALAN PERLIS -
When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
ALAN PERLIS -
Any noun can be verbed.
ALAN PERLIS -
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
ALAN PERLIS -
If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
ALAN PERLIS -
Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
ALAN PERLIS