Every reader should ask himself periodically “Toward what end, toward what end?”—but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
Alan PerlisYou 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.
Alan PerlisProgrammers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.
Alan Perlis