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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.

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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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Done Language Lolipop Need Only Programme Say Someone
When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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Awful Began Complain Course Customer Pay Seriously Shafted Start
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Motto for a research laboratory: what we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
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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
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder Optimization
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think
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
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
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
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Bittersweet End Fun Least Often Pass Philosophy Program Toward
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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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Computer Embarrasses Science
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
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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