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One Quotes by Alan Perlis
- It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
- There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
- Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.
- One man's constant is another man's variable.
- A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
- It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
- Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.
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