Programming
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Some of my favorite from the above Epigrams by Alan J. Perlis
Optimization hinders evolution.
One man's constant is another man's variable.
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
Symmetry is a complexity reducing concept (co-routines include sub-routines); seek it everywhere.
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out we do and they don't.
Within a computer natural language is unnatural.