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

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Source : "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982.

Alan Perlis

#Attention Quotes #Levels Quotes #Language Quotes

“A school out of Canberra sends me a term's worth of work. I sit on the couch by myself and complete it and send it back.”
“Find someone who disagrees and invite them to your table.”
“Entourage' is a great show, but it's fantasy. I spent my twenties in L.A. in this business, and my life didn't look anything like that. 'Big Bang' reflects a side of men that is rarely shown. We see their flaws - all of them.”
“Anything which throws light upon the Universe, anything which reveals us to ourselves, should be welcome in this world of riddles.”

Source : Aleister Crowley (2014). “Magick in Theory and Practice”, p.70, Lulu Press, Inc
“I took Punk to be the detonation of some slow-fused projectile buried deep in society's flank a decade earlier, and I took it to be, somehow, a sign.”
“Women's position includes so many pre-Islamic customs that have become an integral part of the Shariat. I am fighting that. Triple talaq is not mentioned in the Quran. Of course, there is a controversy; some maintain that the Prophet approved of it. Even if he did, maybe he had social constraints.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.”
“Thinking for yourself is the thing on which everything else depends.”

Source : Nancy Kline (1999). “Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind”, p.51, Hachette UK

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