What did Alan Perlis mean by: Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it. Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA Copy
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Perlis, Adaptation, Compromise, Efficiency, 0 Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Perlis, Attention, Engagement, Humor, 0 Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Perlis, Cost, Programming, Value, 0 Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Perlis, Creativity, Flexibility, Limitation, 0 Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ In English every word can be verbed. Author, September 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Perlis, Creativity, Language, Transformation, 0 Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. Author, August 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Perlis, Evolution, Progress, Relationship, 0 Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
+ There is no such thing as a free variable. Author, October 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Alan Perlis, Existence, Free, 0 Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Perlis, Adaptation, Collaboration, Technology, 0 Alan Perlis Computer Scientist · USA
The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I don’t like having too many projects in the pipeline. I like to focus on what’s at hand. Jean Dujardin Actor · France
