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This language [LISP] induces humorous arguments among programmers, often being damned and praised for the same feature.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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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.
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Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.
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Computer science is a restless infant and its progress depends as much on shifts in point of view as on the orderly development of our current concepts.
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Alan Perlis
Born:
April 1, 1922
Died:
February 7, 1990
(aged 67)
Bio:
Alan Jay Perlis was an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in programming languages and the first recipient of the Turing Award.
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