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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.

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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
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Once Program Someone Understand Write Wrote
Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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Help Learn Live Matter Sustain Training
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
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Computer Embarrasses Science
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
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
You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
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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Every Program Purpose Two Written
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
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Every Program Long Rubble Run
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
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Absorb Change Language Manage Program Progress Some Withstand

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