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

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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Against Children Education Go Grain Modern Program Teach
One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Complex Display Information Mind Only
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Done Mss Parameter Procedure Verge
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Computer Embarrasses Science
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
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
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
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
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Artificial Believe Enough God Intelligence Spent
I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Computer Field Fun Hope Lose Science Sense
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
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
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
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

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