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Alan Perlis

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'.

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In computing, tasks that seem simple or clear often become difficult and annoying when you try to make them work in practice. This gap between what should be easy and what actually happens causes a lot of frustration for programmers.

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