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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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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Bloom Computer Flower Fortean Grow Hardy Occasionally Weed
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
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
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Better Data Function Operate Structure
“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
If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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Explain Head Listener Nod Program Wake
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
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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Advance Crumble End Justify Often Structure Survive Technique
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
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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Awful Began Complain Course Customer Pay Seriously Shafted Start
You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Can Know Learn Sure Write
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast

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