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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.

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The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that’s because it’s the best book on anything for the layman.
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Anything Best Book Layman People Wonderland
We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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Bagan Error Feel Free Machine Perfect Responsible Successful
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
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Bittersweet End Fun Least Often Pass Philosophy Program Toward
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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English Language Program Verb Word
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
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
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
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
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

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