When done well, software is invisible.

C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage

Too many managers and executives try to reduce programming to a low-level assembly-line activity. That's inefficient, wasteful, costly in the long run, and inhumane to programmers.

Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.

The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection.

If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.