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Is it possible that software is not like anything else.

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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
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Lisp Parentheses Pen Programmer Thought Toast
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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Cost Everything Know Lips Nothing Program
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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Else Error Everything Program Reborn
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
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
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Error Program Third Way Work
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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Against Children Education Go Grain Modern Program Teach
Every reader should ask himself periodically.
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Every Raeder Himself Periodically
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle.
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Also Easy Handle Hard Improve Success Work
You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
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Hard Improve Problem Solve Word Wrong
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
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Become Level Low Machine Understand Program
Are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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Certain Even More Program Sure Teach Write
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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Once Program Someone Understand Write Wrote
“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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Bittersweet End Fun Least Often Pass Philosophy Program Toward
Optimization hinders evolution.
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Evolution Hinder Optimization
I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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Computer Field Fun Hope Lose Science Sense
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
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Cast Die never Programmer Void
One can’t proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
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Formal Informal Mean Proceed
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
In English every word can be verbed.
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English Language Language Programming Languages
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
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Bird Early Make Often Software System Worm
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
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Computer Country English Made Probably Speak
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
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Conceptual Good Language Program Think Universe
I think that it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
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Compute Computer Extraordinary Fun Important Science Think
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches.
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Always Click Compute Desperate Field Vitality
Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn’t.
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Every Program Purpose Two Written

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