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  • In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.

    "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.
  • Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

    "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.
  • A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

    "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.
  • When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.

  • A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

    "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.
  • A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

  • In English every word can be verbed.

    "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.
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Alan Perlis

  • Born: April 1, 1922
  • Died: February 7, 1990
  • Occupation: Computer Scientist