That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
ALAN PERLISIf your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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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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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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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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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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