“A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.”
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Famous Alan Perlis Quotes
“A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.”
“A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.”
“In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.”
“Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.”