Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis
Alan Jay Perliswas an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in programming languages and the first recipient of the Turing Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth1 April 1922
CountryUnited States of America
learning machines program
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
attention levels language
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
trust data function
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
believe science technology
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
american-scientist incorrect program
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
control language period year
In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language - only we can't control when the 5 year period will begin.