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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 think you KNOW when you learn.
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Can Know Learn Sure Write
In English every word can be verbed.
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English Language Language Programming Languages
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Another Constant Man Variable
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder One Liner Optimization
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
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Once Program Someone Understand Write Wrote
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder Optimization
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Every Program Long Rubble Run
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

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