In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
There is no such thing as a free variable.
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.