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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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I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.
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If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
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When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously.
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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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In English every word can be verbed.
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Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely.
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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 year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
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A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
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A picture is worth 10K words – but only those to describe the picture.
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You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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