“In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.”
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Famous Alan Perlis Quotes
“Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.”
“We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem.”
“A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.”
“It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.”
“There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.”
“A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.”
“To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.”
“If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.”