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
progress language programming
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
learning thinking language
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
language programming programming-languages
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
language english-language programming-languages
In English every word can be verbed.
attention levels language
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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.
american-scientist data everywhere hiding passed perfect stark string structure vehicle
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.
concept include seek
Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere.
nests ballpoint-pens parentheses
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
book wonderland programming
The best book on programming for the layman is 'Alice in Wonderland'; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
learning evolution programming
Optimization hinders evolution.
writing learning thinking
You think you KNOW when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
swag swagger
A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.