Quotes about Alan Perlis

A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly...

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

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

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The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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