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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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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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Optimization hinders evolution.
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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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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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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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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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