In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
ALAN PERLIS
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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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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When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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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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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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