"Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer."
-Alan Perlis
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"You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.“
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"A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God."
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"If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan."
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"In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'."
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"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."
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"I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it."
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"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
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