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> "After programming for 20 years, I've noticed that programmers are aware of the potential benefits of any abstraction that they have internalized, and blithel
by darkpuma 7y ago
> "After programming for 20 years, I've noticed that programmers are aware of the potential benefits of any abstraction that they have internalized, and blithely unaware of the costs."
'Lisp programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.'
- braythwayt 7y agoUnderrated comment! Here’s the footnote: “Perlisisms: EPIGRAMS IN PROGRAMMING by Alan J. Perlis” http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html