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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.

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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
You think you KNOW when you learn.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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Banality Nerve Our
One can only display complex information in the mind.
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When someone says, “I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done,” give him a lollipop.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
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
I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
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
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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