Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
ALAN PERLISIf your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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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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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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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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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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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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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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