+ Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Perlis, Research, 0 - Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Perlis, Program, Writing, 0 - Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ In English every word can be verbed. Feraz Zeid, September 11, 2023December 24, 2023, Alan Perlis, English Language, Language, 0 - Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Perlis, Language, Programming, Progress, 0 - Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ C programmers never die. They are just cast into void. Feraz Zeid, June 8, 2023December 12, 2023, Alan Perlis, Casts, Programmers, Void, 0 - Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Perlis, Listeners, Program, 0 - Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Perlis, Errors, Writing, 0 - Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ One man’s constant is another man’s variable. Feraz Zeid, October 14, 2023December 26, 2023, Alan Perlis, Constant, 0 - Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure. - Jean Kerr Playwright · USA
We have to stop optimizing for programmers and start optimizing for users. - Jeff Atwood Entrepreneur
In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
As far as I have seen, at school…they aimed at blotting out one’s individuality. Explain - Franz Kafka Writer · Czechia
Even the best planning is not so omniscient as to get it right the first time. - Fred Brooks Software Engineer · USA
It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example. - Fred Hoyle Astronomer · England
