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Optimization hinders evolution.

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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
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Another Constant Man Variable
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
Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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Analysis Complutense Identity Logic Measure Program
If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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Explain Head Listener Nod Program Wake
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
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
One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Complex Display Information Mind Only
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Adapt Behave Machine Mean Old One Program Usual
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
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think
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

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