Mind-Blowing 7 Selected Quotes From Alan Perlis

Mind-Blowing 7 Selected Quotes From Alan Perlise

The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

— Alan Perlis

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

— Alan Perlis

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

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

— Alan Perlis

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

— Alan Perlis

A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.

— Alan Perlis

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

— Alan Perlis

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