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.
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.
learning nouns programming
Any noun can be verbed.
program explaining ifs
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
cost knows programmers
LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
writing program
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
errors programming reborn
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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.
two purpose program
Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.
learning machines program
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
american-scientist incorrect program
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
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.