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

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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that’s because it’s the best book on anything for the layman.
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Anything Best Book Layman People Wonderland
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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Always Click Compute Desperate Field Vitality
A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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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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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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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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