A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

Quote by Alan Perlis

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to...

Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to...

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.

LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word...

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word...

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.

The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.

If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.

In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming...

In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming...

One man's constant is another man's variable.

One man's constant is another man's variable.

Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for...

Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for...

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun...

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun...

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.