The computing field is always in need of new cliches.

About Alan Perlis

Alan J. Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990) was an American computer scientist and professor at Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University. He is best known for his pioneering work in programming languages and in 1966 he became the first recipient of the ACM Turing Award.

More quotations tagged with “cliches”

Any great truth can—and eventually will—be expressed as a cliche—a cliche is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, 'The black cat is always the last one off the fence.' I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.

—Solomon Short

Let's have some new cliches.

—Samuel Goldwyn

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.

—H. L. Mencken

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