Quotes by Alan Perlis

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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

Language

Learning

Thinking

A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

Knowing

Learning

Thinking

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

Attention

Language

Levels

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

Believe

Science

Technology

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

Computer

Computer Science

Embarrassed

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

Program

Purpose

Two

Every reader should ask himself periodically “Toward what end, toward what end?”—but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.

Bittersweet

Fun

Philosophy

FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.

Computer

Flower

Weed

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

Computing

Parameters

Procedures

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

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Japan

Speak English

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Quotes by Alan Perlis

Alan Perlis

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.

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

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

Every reader should ask himself periodically “Toward what end, toward what end?”—but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.

FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.

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

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

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