Alan Perlis Quotes
- A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. Artificial
- In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm. Bird
- The best book on programming for the layman is 'Alice in Wonderland'; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman. Alice
- A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. Attention
- It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. Change
- If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some. Computing
- You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. Attitude
- It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one. Correct
- Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't. Every Program