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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.

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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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Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
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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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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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One man’s constant is another man’s variable.
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If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up.
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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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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Banality soothes our nerves.
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