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There is no such thing as a free variable.

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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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Every Program Purpose Two Written
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
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Bittersweet End Fun Least Often Pass Philosophy Program Toward
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Against Children Education Go Grain Modern Program Teach
You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Can Know Learn Sure Write
A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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Affect Language Program Think Worth
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
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
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
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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Fermat Last Next Program Prove Theorem Today Verge
Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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Alternation Important Life Lovely Matter More Movement Picture Seek View
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Absorb Change Language Manage Program Progress Some Withstand
You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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Always Click Compute Desperate Field Vitality
Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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Adequately Describe Hardly Picture Set Ten Thousand Word

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