A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures. - Alan Perlis Quotes
A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures. Alan Perlis
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One man's constant is another man's variable. - Alan Perlis Quotes

One man's constant is another man's variable.

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Every program has (at least) two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't. - Alan Perlis Quotes

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

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The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information. - Alan Perlis Quotes

The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.

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

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

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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer. - Alan Perlis Quotes

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical. - Alan Perlis Quotes

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.

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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some. - Alan Perlis Quotes

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

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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. - Alan Perlis Quotes

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

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 American Scientist Complexity
Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere. - Alan Perlis Quotes

Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere.

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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. - Alan Perlis Quotes

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

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