Programmers should never be satisfied with languages which … - Alan Perlis

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Programmers should never be satisfied with languages which permit them to program everything, but to program nothing of interest easily.

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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 .

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