"The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman."

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"The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman."

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"Programming is usually taught by examples."

Niklaus Wirth, Swiss Scientist

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"The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML, will continue to become more central."

Dennis Ritchie, American Scientist

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"After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field."

W. Richard Stevens, American Scientist

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"The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming."

Marc Maron, American Entertainer

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"I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining."

Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish Scientist

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"There was something amazingly enticing about programming."

Vinton Cerf, American Inventor

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"The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman."

Alan Perlis, American Scientist

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

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"In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration"."

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"We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses."

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"You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN."

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

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"One man's constant is another man's variable."

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"In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages."

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"Programming is usually taught by examples."

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"After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field."

"The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming."

"I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining."

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"Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress."

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"You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN."

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"In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages."