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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.” I CanRememberFoundEasyMy OwnMistakeTechnologyFindingsComputerProgramSurpriseI RealizedInstantProgrammingProgrammersComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesEasy To GetComputer LanguageComputer ProgrammersFunny ComputerProgramming FunnyDebuggingCoders Author:Maurice Wilkes
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