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Some of my favourite quotes are from Alan Perlis's Epigrams on Programming [0]. My (current) favourite: "A programming language is low level when its programs
by neilparikh 9y ago
Some of my favourite quotes are from Alan Perlis's Epigrams on Programming [0].
My (current) favourite: "A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant."
[0] - http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html
- happy-go-lucky 9y agoMy favorite: "Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers."
- jplayer01 9y agoGod, what bullshit. Even Michelangelo started with the basics and had to put in a huge amount of effort to master his craft. He had to learn.