Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
ALAN PERLISIn English every word can be verbed.
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FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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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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Optimization hinders evolution.
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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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