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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reagan can't act either.
Real computer scientists despise the idea of actual hardware.
Hardware has limitations, software doesn't. It's a real shame that Turing machines are so poor at I/O....
Real computer scientists don't write code. They occasionally tinker with `programming systems', but those are so high level that they hardly count (and rarely count accurately
precision is for appl...
Real computer scientists like having a computer on their desk, else how could they read their mail?
Real computer scientists only write specs for languages that might run on future hardware.
Nobody trusts them to write specs for anything homo sapiens will ever be able to fit on a single planet....
Real programmers admire ADA for its overwhelming aesthetic value but they find it difficult to actually program in it, as it is much too large to implement.
Most computer scientists don't notice thi...
Real programmers don't document; if it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
Real programmers don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the illiterate's form of documentation.
Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how much good it did them....
Real Programmers don't eat quiche. They eat Twinkies and Szechwan food.

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