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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
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
“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
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Compute Defibation Frustration Live Obvious Turn Useful Word
You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Can Know Learn Sure Write
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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Affect Language Program Think Worth
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Good Idea Responsible Them Will
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
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Describe Picture Ten Thousand Word Worth
In English every word can be verbed.
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