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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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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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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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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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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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