“A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.”
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Famous Alan Perlis Quotes
“There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.”
“One man's constant is another man's variable.”
Source: Introduction to computer science
“In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.”
“A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.”
“We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.”