Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
ALAN PERLISIn computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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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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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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