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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.

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That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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Always Buddle Discard Meant Point See Soap Whole
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
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
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Bloom Computer Flower Fortean Grow Hardy Occasionally Weed
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
“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
Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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First Laboratory Motto Often Research Think Today Tomorrow Work
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
One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Another Constant Man Variable
What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
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Acquire Attention Critical Detail Devote Fun Make Organization Plan Self
One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Complex Display Information Mind Only
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
Optimization hinders evolution.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think

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