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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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• A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.

  Alan Perlis

  Swag, Swagger

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

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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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• 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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• Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.

  Alan Perlis

  Humorous, Technology, Needs

  "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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