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Every Program Has (at Least) Two Purposes: The One For Which It Was Written And Another For Which It Wasn't.
-Alan Perlis
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Every Program Has (at Least)

Alan Perlis
Every Program Has (at Least) Two Purposes: The One For Which It Was Written And Another For Which It Wasn't.
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