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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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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Computer Field Fun Hope Lose Science Sense
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
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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Always Buddle Discard Meant Point See Soap Whole
We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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Bagan Error Feel Free Machine Perfect Responsible Successful
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Absorb Change Language Manage Program Progress Some Withstand
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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Bird Early Make Often Software System Worm
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
In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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Adjust Machine Man Must Symbiosis
One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Formal Informal Mean Proceed
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
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Every Program Long Rubble Run
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

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