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> [Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-kelly-bootle/computer-science-a-study-akin-to-numerology-and-astrology-but-lacking/)

[Stan Kelly-Bootle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-kelly-bootle/)

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> [Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-kelly-bootle/science-is-to-computer-science-as-hydrodynamics-is-to-plumbing/)

[Stan Kelly-Bootle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-kelly-bootle/)

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## More by Stan Kelly-Bootle

> [Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-kelly-bootle/should-array-indices-start-at-0-or-1-my-compromise-of-0-5-was/)

[Stan Kelly-Bootle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-kelly-bootle/)

> [Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-kelly-bootle/computer-science-a-study-akin-to-numerology-and-astrology-but-lacking/)

[Stan Kelly-Bootle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-kelly-bootle/)

> [Committee, n.: A group of people that, when given the task of deciding whether to start array indices from either 0 or 1, compromises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-kelly-bootle/committee-n-a-group-of-people-that-when-given-the-task-of-deciding/)

[Stan Kelly-Bootle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-kelly-bootle/)

> [Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-kelly-bootle/science-is-to-computer-science-as-hydrodynamics-is-to-plumbing/)

[Stan Kelly-Bootle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-kelly-bootle/)

> [There are three things a man must do before his life is done; Write two lines in APL, And make the buggers run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-kelly-bootle/there-are-three-things-a-man-must-do-before-his-life-is-done-write/)

[Stan Kelly-Bootle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-kelly-bootle/)

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