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In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.

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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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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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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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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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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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You think you KNOW when you learn.
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Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Optimization hinders evolution.
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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