I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.

You think you KNOW when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.

In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?

To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

Optimization hinders evolution.