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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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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
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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Adjust Machine Man Must Symbiosis
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think
In English every word can be verbed.
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English Language Language Programming Languages
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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Bird Early Make Often Software System Worm
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Chance Earlier Program Specification Versa Vice
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
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
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
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Better Data Function Operate Structure
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
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
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
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void

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