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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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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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Always Buddle Discard Meant Point See Soap Whole
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
You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Bloom Computer Flower Fortean Grow Hardy Occasionally Weed
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
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
I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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Compute Computer Extraordinary Fun Important Science Think
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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Explain Head Listener Nod Program Wake
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Good Idea Responsible Them Will
Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Cheval Everything Follow Horse Language Learn Same Trivial Way Word
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
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
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure

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