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• There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
• 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.
• FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
• I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with…
• Optimization hinders evolution.
• A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
• It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.

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