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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.

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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that’s because it’s the best book on anything for the layman.
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It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
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Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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