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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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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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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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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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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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