Alan Perlis Quotes About Language
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In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.
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A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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