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Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.

~Alan Perlis

Topics: Good Good Ideas Ideas Responsible Them Willing You

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In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.

~Alan Perlis

Topics: English Every Languages Our Programming Were Word Would

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Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?

~Alan Perlis

Topics: Always Anything Anything Else Bubble Discarded Else Like Meant Meant To Be Point Possible See Soap Software Whole

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You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.

~Alan Perlis

Topics: Attitude Continuing His Measure Noting Perspective Programmer Vitality You

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The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

~Alan Perlis

Topics: Always Cliches Computing Field Need New

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Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

~Alan Perlis

Topics: Another Every Program Purposes Two Which Written

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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

Topics: Help Inevitable Learn Live Matters People Poorly Program Substantially Think Training Will I Think

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

~Alan Perlis

Topics: Explaining Head Him His Listener Program Up Wake You Your

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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.

~Alan Perlis

Topics: Missed Parameters Procedure Some You

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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

~Alan Perlis

Topics: Computer English Japan Made Speaks Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 1st, 1922

Died: February 7th, 1990

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