You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
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One man's constant is another man's variable.
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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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It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
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