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

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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
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
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Good Idea Responsible Them Will
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
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Done Mss Parameter Procedure Verge
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
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
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
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
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
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
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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English Language Program Verb Word
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
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe

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