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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

We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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Fermat Last Next Program Prove Theorem Today Verge
That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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Always Buddle Discard Meant Point See Soap Whole
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
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
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
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
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
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
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder One Liner Optimization
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
You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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Alternation Important Life Lovely Matter More Movement Picture Seek View
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Absorb Change Language Manage Program Progress Some Withstand
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require

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