One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
ALAN PERLISLearning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.
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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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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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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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If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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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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You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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One can only display complex information in the mind.
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“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
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Dealing with failure is easy.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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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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