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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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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.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Any noun can be verbed.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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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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Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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