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Famous Alan Perlis Quotes
“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.”
Source: Introduction to computer science
“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.”
“To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.”
“In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.”
“In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.”
“Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.”