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. - Alan Perlis
One man's constant is another man's variable.
- Alan Perlis
In English every word can be verbed. - Alan Perlis
In English every word can be verbed.
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. - Alan Perlis
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program. - Alan Perlis
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures. - Alan Perlis
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. - Alan Perlis
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. - Alan Perlis
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them. - Alan Perlis
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
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. - Alan Perlis
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.
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