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| Alan Perlis
'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and
remove all doubt.Fools ignore complexity; pragmatists suffer it; experts avoid it;
geniuses remove it.I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up. If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some. In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language - only we can't control when the 5 year period will begin.In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word frustration. In the long run, every program becomes rococco, and then rubble.Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble? 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?It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one. Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere. The computing field is always in need of new cliches.The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information. Wagner's music is better than it sounds.When someone says I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done, give him a lollipop. You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. |
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