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ALAN PERLISThere are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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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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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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That it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?
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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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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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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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