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

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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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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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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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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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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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