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  • There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

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

  • Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

    Two   Purpose   Program  
    "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