In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
ALAN PERLISWhat 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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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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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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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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