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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

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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

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#lisp #nests #parentheses #pens #programmer

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

— Alan Perlis

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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

A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#capability #much #nothing #over #over it

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

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For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

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