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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Once Program Someone Understand Write Wrote
One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Formal Informal Mean Proceed
In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Every Program Long Rubble Run
In English every word can be verbed.
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English Language Language Programming Languages
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Computer Embarrasses Science
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
Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Certain Even More Program Sure Teach Write
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Done Mss Parameter Procedure Verge
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
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
Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.
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Cancer Cause Semicolon Sugar Syntactic
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Bloom Computer Flower Fortean Grow Hardy Occasionally Weed

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