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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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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Describe Picture Ten Thousand Word Worth
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Absorb Change Language Manage Program Progress Some Withstand
“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
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
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
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Once Program Someone Understand Write Wrote
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
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
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
Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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First Laboratory Motto Often Research Think Today Tomorrow Work
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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Compassion Computer Graduate Instist Professor Science Student
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
In English every word can be verbed.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
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
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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Bird Early Make Often Software System Worm
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Optimization hinders evolution.
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