Alan Perlis

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#complexity #fools #geniuses #ignore #pragmatists

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#bird #early #early bird #makes #often

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

#anything #because #best #book #layman

I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#help #i #i think #inevitable #learn

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration". ↗

— Alan Perlis

#computing #definition #frustration #into #living

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

#any #describe #described #hardly #only

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#irrelevant #language #level #low #programming

Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#computer science #embarrassed #science

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#good ideas #ideas #responsible #them #willing

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#artificial #artificial intelligence #believe #enough #god