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In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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Compute Computer Extraordinary Fun Important Science Think
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder Optimization
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure
Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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Adequately Describe Hardly Picture Set Ten Thousand Word
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
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
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Bloom Computer Flower Fortean Grow Hardy Occasionally Weed
You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time

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