FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
You think you KNOW when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain… — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an… — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. — Alan Perlis Copy Share
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. — Alan Perlis Copy Share
I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot… — Alan Perlis Copy Share
Optimization hinders evolution. Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. — Alan Perlis Copy Share
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. — Alan Perlis Copy Share
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. — Alan Perlis Copy Share
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students. — Alan Perlis Copy Share
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. — Alan Perlis Copy Share
Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't. — Alan Perlis Copy Share
