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Programming in Basic causes brain damage.


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If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.

If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.



The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.



Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.

Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.



The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.

The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.



Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.



The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.



Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.



Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!



Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.



Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.

Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.





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Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.



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I'd like to think that I have integrity.



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When your bow is broken and your last arrow spent, then shoot, shoot with your whole heart.

When your bow is broken and your last arrow spent, then shoot, shoot with your whole heart.



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I just think the Kardashians have an absence of taste and I don’t think that that should be perpetuated. I’m sorry I’m sounding like an old farty, snob, but it bothers me.

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