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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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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
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
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
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
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
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Certain Even More Program Sure Teach Write
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Done Mss Parameter Procedure Verge
One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Another Constant Man Variable

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