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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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Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
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Both knowledge and wisdom extend man's reach. Knowledge led to computers, wisdom to chopsticks.
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FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Alan Perlis
Born:
April 1, 1922
Died:
February 7, 1990
(aged 67)
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