Apr 21, 2021
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. — Alan Perlis
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. — Alan Perlis
Alan Perlis: Simplicity
“Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.” — Alan Perlis.
Un día como hoy 1 de abril, en 1922 nace Alan Jay Perlis, en el seno de una familia judía en Pittsburgh, Pensilvania, y es considerado por muchos como el verdadero padre de la ciencias computacionales. #AlanPerlis #CienciasComputacionales #algol #video #Efemerides #retrocomputingmx
Happy birthday, Alan Perlis, leading figure in computer science, CMU alumnus and professor. 🎂
Best known for his pioneering work in programming languages, he became the first recipient of the Turing Award.
Shown here in images (c.1960) found in Carnegie Mellon University Digital Collections.
Alan Perlis: Syntactic sugar
“Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.” —Alan Perlis.
Alan Perlis: Think about programming
“A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.” —Alan Perlis.
Alan Perlis: Optimization hinders evolution
“Optimization hinders evolution. Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.” —Alan Perlis.
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Alan Perlis: Error-free programs
“There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works” —Alan Perlis.
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