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"A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do."
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"Reality spilled out into the alley like water from an overfilled bowl - as sound, as smell, as image, as plea, as response."

"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience."

"Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience."

"Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?"

"All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it."

"Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation."

"Observing and commenting, it is a piece of cake.Experiencing and sharing, that is a piece of work."

"Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience."

"Experience, derived from scientific investigation, led to all the scientific literature in history. Likewise, experience, derived from religious transcendence, led to all the religious scriptures in history. It's never the other way around."
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"In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever."

"The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision."

"A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do."

"Our ultimate goal is extensible programming (EP). By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to the system."

"But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity."

"Yet, I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is worth investing effort in its development and in using a careful, structured approach based on safe, structured languages."

"Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples."
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