In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
ALAN PERLISIn computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
More Alan Perlis Quotes
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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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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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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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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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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