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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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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
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
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
In English every word can be verbed.
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English Language Language Programming Languages
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Computer Embarrasses Science
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
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
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder Optimization
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
“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
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Describe Picture Ten Thousand Word Worth
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
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Chance Earlier Program Specification Versa Vice
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable

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