16: Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for … - Alan Perlis

" "
16: Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

Alan Perlis

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Alan Perlis

Alan Jay Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990) was an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in programming languages, most notably as a member of the team that developed the ALGOL programming language. He was the first recipient of the prestigious ACM Turing Award .

Also Known As

Native Name: Alan Jay Perlis

Alternative Names: Alan J. Perlis

All quotes from Alan Perlis Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Alan Perlis:

Edsger W. Dijkstra Erik Naggum Joe Armstrong Bjarne Stroustrup Donald Knuth

Additional quotes by Alan Perlis

8: A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

41: Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

101 Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.

16: Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't. - Alan Perlis

About Alan Perlis

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Alan Perlis