Fortune: add Alan Perlis quotes

Closes #256.
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Marco Hinz 2017-01-02 14:36:33 +01:00
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@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ let s:cow = [
let s:quotes = exists('g:startify_custom_header_quotes')
\ ? g:startify_custom_header_quotes
\ : [
\ ['Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.', '', '- Alan Perlis'],
\ ['Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.', '', '- Alan Perlis'],
\ ['It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.', '', '- Alan Perlis'],
\ ['Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.', '', '- Alan Perlis'],
\ ['Optimization hinders evolution.', '', '- Alan Perlis'],
\ ['Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.', '', '- Alan Perlis'],
\ ['It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.', '', '- Alan Perlis'],
\ ['There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all.', '', '- Peter Drucker'],
\ ["If you don't fail at least 90% of the time, you're not aiming high enough.", '', '- Alan Kay'],
\ ['I think a lot of new programmers like to use advanced data structures and advanced language features as a way of demonstrating their ability. I call it the lion-tamer syndrome. Such demonstrations are impressive, but unless they actually translate into real wins for the project, avoid them.', '', '- Glyn Williams'],