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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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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
I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Computer Field Fun Hope Lose Science Sense
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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Computer Embarrasses Science
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
Any noun can be verbed.
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Any Noun One Liner Verb
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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Done Mss Parameter Procedure Verge
In the long run, every program becomes rococo, and then rubble.
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Every Program Long Rubble Run
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
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Good Idea Responsible Them Will
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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Compassion Computer Graduate Instist Professor Science Student
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure
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
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
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
Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
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Analysis Complutense Identity Logic Measure Program

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