In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.

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

Optimization hinders evolution. Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.