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De - Pt| Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
| A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing. -- Alan Perlis | |
| APL is a natural extension of assembler language programming; ...and is best for educational purposes. -- A. Perlis | |
| FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed -- it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer. -- A.J. Perlis | |
| In the long run, every program becomes rococco, and then rubble. -- Alan Perlis | |
| It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical? -- Alan Perlis | |
| The computing field is always in need of new cliches. -- Alan Perlis | |
| You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing viability of FORTRAN. -- Alan Perlis | |
| Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. -- Perlis's Programming Proverb #58, SIGPLAN Notices, Sept. 1982 | |
| "In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble." -- Alan Perlis | |
| "Just think, with VLSI we can have 100 ENIACS on a chip!" -- Alan Perlis | |
| Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way. -- Alan J. Perlis | |
| One man's constant is another man's variable. -- A.J. Perlis | |
