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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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Attitude Continue Measure Nothing Perspective Programme Rothman
One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Formal Informal Mean Proceed
Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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Help Learn Live Matter Sustain Training
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Can Know Learn Sure Write
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Absorb Change Language Manage Program Progress Some Withstand
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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English Language Program Verb Word
If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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Explain Head Listener Nod Program Wake
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Compute Defibation Frustration Live Obvious Turn Useful Word
Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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Advance Crumble End Justify Often Structure Survive Technique
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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Awful Began Complain Course Customer Pay Seriously Shafted Start
We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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Bagan Error Feel Free Machine Perfect Responsible Successful
I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
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Direction House Keep Responsible Set Stretch Think
What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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Acquire Attention Critical Detail Devote Fun Make Organization Plan Self

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