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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#against #attention #critical #detail #devoting

It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#easier #incorrect #program #than #understand

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#does #follows #precede #simplicity

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#change #languages #manage #programming #progress

The computing field is always in need of new cliches. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#cliches #computing #field #need #new

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#programs #third #two #ways #works

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#continuing #his #measure #noting #perspective

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#day #education #else #every #every day

Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#blue #goes #how #i #i do

Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#because #child #get #gifted #handled