In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
ALAN PERLISOptimization hinders evolution.
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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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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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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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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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