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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

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In English every word can be verbed.
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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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Anything Best Book Layman People Wonderland
Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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Analysis Complutense Identity Logic Measure Program
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
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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Compassion Computer Graduate Instist Professor Science Student
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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Attitude Continue Measure Nothing Perspective Programme Rothman
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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Every Program Purpose Two Written
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
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
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Adapt Behave Machine Mean Old One Program Usual
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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Direction House Keep Responsible Set Stretch Think
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program

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