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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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Free Such Thing Variable
One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Formal Informal Mean Proceed
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
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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Affect Fool Ignore Know Program Worth
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder Optimization
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
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
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Done Mss Parameter Procedure Verge
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Another Constant Man Variable
In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Every Program Long Rubble Run
Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Cheval Everything Follow Horse Language Learn Same Trivial Way Word
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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Adapt Behave Machine Mean Old One Program Usual
A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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Describe Picture Ten Thousand Word Worth
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

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