You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
ALAN PERLISIf your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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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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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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