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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

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When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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Compassion Computer Graduate Instist Professor Science Student
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Good Idea Responsible Them Will
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
One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Formal Informal Mean Proceed
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
“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
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
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
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
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Adapt Behave Machine Mean Old One Program Usual
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder One Liner Optimization
Banality soothes our nerves.
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Banality Nerve Our

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