Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.

The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.

Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable?

If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again.

Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that way.