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

Quote by Alan Perlis

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters....

I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters....

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

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

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.

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...

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

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.

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.

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.

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

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...

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.

The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.

It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.

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

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