"A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant."

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"A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant."

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"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."

Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary

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"What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

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"The constant attention is what is so difficult."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

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"No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention."

Christopher Morley, American Author

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"Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory."

Richard Whately, English Writer

Attention, Curiosity, Memory

"It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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"I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead."

Elfriede Jelinek, American Playwright

Attention, May, Public

"If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin."

Benmont Tench, American Musician

Attention, Sin, Song

"Al Gore is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are on our way to the destruction of every species on earth, if we don't pay attention and reverse our course."

Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer

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"The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

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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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"Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?"

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"It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa."

Change

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

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"I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it."

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"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."

"What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful."

"The constant attention is what is so difficult."

"No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention."

"Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory."

"It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths."

"I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead."

"If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin."

"Al Gore is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are on our way to the destruction of every species on earth, if we don't pay attention and reverse our course."

"The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster."

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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."

"Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer."

"The computing field is always in need of new cliches."

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

"Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble?"

"It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa."

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

"I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it."

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

"A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God."