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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.

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“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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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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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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Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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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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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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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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