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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• Alan Perlis:

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  When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain,

• Whittaker Chambers:

  A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is

• Whittaker Chambers:

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• Whittaker Chambers:

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• Whittaker Chambers:

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• Whittaker Chambers:

  For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all mankind i

• Whittaker Chambers:

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