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Alan Perlis Quotes

The computing field is always in need of new cliches Picture Quote #1

Any noun can be verbed Picture Quote #1

In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn Picture Quote #1

A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming Picture Quote #1

To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program Picture Quote #1

Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t Picture Quote #1

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It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures Picture Quote #1

Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble? Picture Quote #1

A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing Picture Quote #1

If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up Picture Quote #1

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones Picture Quote #1

Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them Picture Quote #1

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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical Picture Quote #1

Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve Picture Quote #1

I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it Picture Quote #1

Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis Picture Quote #1

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The computing field is always in need of new cliches (Alan Perlis Quotes) Any noun can be verbed (Alan Perlis Quotes) In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn (Alan Perlis Quotes) A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming (Alan Perlis Quotes) To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program (Alan Perlis Quotes) Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t (Alan Perlis Quotes) It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures (Alan Perlis Quotes) Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble? (Alan Perlis Quotes) A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing (Alan Perlis Quotes) If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up (Alan Perlis Quotes) Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones (Alan Perlis Quotes) Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them (Alan Perlis Quotes) It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical (Alan Perlis Quotes) Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve (Alan Perlis Quotes) I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it (Alan Perlis Quotes) Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis (Alan Perlis Quotes)

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