Change Quote by Alan Perlis Download Open image “It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.” — Alan Perlis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Change Computer Easier Fit Program Programming Vice versa Vices
Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different… — Douglas Crockford Copy Share Image
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
Software constraints are only confining if you use them for what they're intended to be used for. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The long and short of it is, we need more rigor in all kinds of programs. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology. There is little… — Alan Cooper Copy Share Image
Software is different than other products um, partly because it's, it's not physical and, and partly because of its complexity. You can express in… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Systems don't need to be changed. The trick is for a trader to develop a system with which he is compatible. — Ed Seykota Copy Share Image
Once you eliminate quality as a requirement, the entire design process becomes a whole lot easier. — Jared Spool Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever seen a piece of commercial software where the next version is simpler rather than more complex. — Walter Bender Copy Share Image
It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to… — Valentino Rossi Copy Share Image
I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so. — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. — 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
LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing. — 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 awful lot… — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
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 Image
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. — 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 a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Stay focused on bringing people together and more on positive messaging so that you can be the change you wish to see in the… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
