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In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.

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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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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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Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
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It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program.
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In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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