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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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Chance Earlier Program Specification Versa Vice
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First Laboratory Motto Often Research Think Today Tomorrow Work
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
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Every Program Purpose Two Written
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Done Language Lolipop Need Only Programme Say Someone
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Bird Early Make Often Software System Worm
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Good Idea Responsible Them Will
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Analysis Complutense Identity Logic Measure Program
A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Describe Picture Ten Thousand Word Worth
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Certain Even More Program Sure Teach Write

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