The Mole once again had professional reason to refer colleagues to Perlis’s Epigrams. And once again as usual the Mole took a moment to skim through the list (having pulled it up in a browser to verify the link). The epigram that caught his eye on this occasion — which was not the one where… Continue reading 112. Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Apologia
The Mole must begin this blog with a sad tale, a confession of youthful arrogance and ignorance, an episode he regrets to this day, a warning to anyone who will take heed. When the Mole was a freshman, Alan Perlis was still teaching CS 221a, the introductory course in Computer Science for potential majors. The… Continue reading Apologia