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As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't
as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be
discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large
part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in
my own programs.
-- Maurice Wilkes, designer of EDSAC, on programming, 1949
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As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree" -- probably
because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
-- Woody Allen
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As the system comes up, the component builders will from time to time appear,
bearing hot new versions of their pieces -- faster, smaller, more complete,
or putatively less buggy. The replacement of a working component by a new
version requires the same systematic testing procedure that adding a new
component does, although it should require less time, for more complete and
efficient test cases will usually be available.
-- Frederick Brooks Jr., "The Mythical Man Month"
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As to Jesus of Nazareth... I think the system of Morals and his Religion,
as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see;
but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have,
with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his
divinity.
-- Benjamin Franklin
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As well look for a needle in a bottle of hay.
-- Miguel de Cervantes
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As Will Rogers would have said,
"There is no such things as a free variable."
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As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory
aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to order
chocolate dishes: Any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the
proper time for chocolate.
-- Sandra Boynton, "Chocolate: The Consuming Passion"
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As you grow older, you will still do foolish things,
but you will do them with much more enthusiasm.
-- The Cowboy
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As you will see, I told them, in no uncertain terms, to see Figure one.
-- Dave "First Strike" Pare
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As Zeus said to Narcissus, "Watch yourself."
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