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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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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
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
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
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
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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Every Program Purpose Two Written
One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Formal Informal Mean Proceed
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
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent

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