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" Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. "

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" I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it. "

" In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm. "

" Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't. "

" A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. "

" If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up. "

" A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures. "

" In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. "

" One man's constant is another man's variable. "

" There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. "

" It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical. "

" If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan. "

" Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. "

" The computing field is always in need of new cliches. "

" In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'. "

" It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one. "