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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Cheval Everything Follow Horse Language Learn Same Trivial Way Word
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Once Program Someone Understand Write Wrote
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder One Liner Optimization
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think
One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Another Constant Man Variable
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
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
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
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
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
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
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity

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