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A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.


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A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.



Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.



Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.



When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.

When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.



It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.

It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.



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

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



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

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



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

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



Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.

Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.



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

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





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It's how we see the world that keeps the darkness beyond at bay. Keeps it from pouring through and devouring us. I think all of us might know that, way down deep.

It's how we see the world that keeps the darkness beyond at bay. Keeps it from pouring through and devouring us. I think all of us might know that, way down deep.



Thus far, the only people who can grant you immortality are not scientists, but writers. By writing you into their books, they may not only immortalize you, but also grant you superpowers.

Thus far, the only people who can grant you immortality are not scientists, but writers. By writing you into their books, they may not only immortalize you, but also grant you superpowers.



The teacher is a catalyst to convert information from a high energy state (list of facts) to a low energy state (visual concept associated with known concepts).

The teacher is a catalyst to convert information from a high energy state (list of facts) to a low energy state (visual concept associated with known concepts).



With the right MINDSET, you can Survive, Thrive & Grow... Even in the Midst of turbulence and change

With the right MINDSET, you can Survive, Thrive & Grow... Even in the Midst of turbulence and change



Lenin refused to recognise moral norms established by slave-owners for their slaves and never observed by the slave-owners themselves

Lenin refused to recognise moral norms established by slave-owners for their slaves and never observed by the slave-owners themselves



The sun is nice but it lights things up so much that you can't see very far... The night time is better. It stretches your soul to the stars.

The sun is nice but it lights things up so much that you can't see very far... The night time is better. It stretches your soul to the stars.



It's okay, girl, we'll make it till the sun goes down forever. And until then what you got to lose but the losing? We're fallen angels who didn't believe that nothing means nothing.

It's okay, girl, we'll make it till the sun goes down forever. And until then what you got to lose but the losing? We're fallen angels who didn't believe that nothing means nothing.



The 20th century peatlands ditching in Finland was the worst human environmental destruction action in Europe.

The 20th century peatlands ditching in Finland was the worst human environmental destruction action in Europe.



The life of entire surrender is a joyous life all along the way.

The life of entire surrender is a joyous life all along the way.



If this was my forever, I wouldn't want to spend it here.

If this was my forever, I wouldn't want to spend it here.




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