Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

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.

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

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 software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.