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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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Compassion Computer Graduate Instist Professor Science Student
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Chance Earlier Program Specification Versa Vice
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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English Language Program Verb Word
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Good Idea Responsible Them Will
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
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
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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First Laboratory Motto Often Research Think Today Tomorrow Work
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
One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Complex Display Information Mind Only
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think
In English every word can be verbed.
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English Language Language Programming Languages
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
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

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