Alan Perlis Quotes - Page 3

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• There is no such thing as a free variable.

  Alan Perlis

  Variables

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• If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.

  Alan Perlis

  Procedures, Parameters, Computing

  "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.

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• We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem.

  Alan Perlis

  Today, Lasts, Next

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• One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.

  Alan Perlis

  Mean, Formal

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• FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.

  Alan Perlis

  Weed, Flower, Computer

  Alan J. Perlis (1975). “Introduction to computer science”

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• In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.

  Alan Perlis

  Language, Programming, Programming Languages

  "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.

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• Any noun can be verbed.

  Alan Perlis

  Learning, Nouns, Programming

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