There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

More Quotes by Alan Perlis

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.