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When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.

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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
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
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
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
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Computer Embarrasses Science
Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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Anything Else Like Possible Software
You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Done Mss Parameter Procedure Verge
Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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Alternation Important Life Lovely Matter More Movement Picture Seek View
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Describe Picture Ten Thousand Word Worth
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
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
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Build Down Everything Except First Time Up
A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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Affect Language Program Think Worth

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