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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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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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Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.
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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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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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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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