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LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.

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Optimization hinders evolution.
When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.
The computing field is always in need of new cliches.
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

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