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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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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
In English every word can be verbed.
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English Language Language Programming Languages
You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
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
Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Cheval Everything Follow Horse Language Learn Same Trivial Way Word
“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
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Bittersweet End Fun Least Often Pass Philosophy Program Toward
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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Analysis Complutense Identity Logic Measure Program
Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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Help Learn Live Matter Sustain Training
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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Acquire Attention Critical Detail Devote Fun Make Organization Plan Self
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb

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