Every reader should ask himself periodically.
ALAN PERLIS“Toward what end, toward what end?”- but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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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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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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