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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Computer Embarrasses Science
One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Another Constant Man Variable
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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Affect Fool Ignore Know Program Worth
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
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
One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Complex Display Information Mind Only
In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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Adjust Machine Man Must Symbiosis
I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Computer Field Fun Hope Lose Science Sense
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
Banality soothes our nerves.
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Banality Nerve Our
Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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Adequately Describe Hardly Picture Set Ten Thousand Word
A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Describe Picture Ten Thousand Word Worth
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
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Better Data Function Operate Structure
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
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
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Absorb Change Language Manage Program Progress Some Withstand
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Chance Earlier Program Specification Versa Vice
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
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
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
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe

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