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

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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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First Laboratory Motto Often Research Think Today Tomorrow Work
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder Optimization
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
A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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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
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
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
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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Bird Early Make Often Software System Worm
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
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
Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Cheval Everything Follow Horse Language Learn Same Trivial Way Word
I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Computer Field Fun Hope Lose Science Sense
When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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Done Language Lolipop Need Only Programme Say Someone
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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