Whenever the C++ language designers had two competing ideas as to how they should solve some problem, they said, "OK, we'll do them both". So the language is too baroque for my taste.

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer.

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

A list is only as strong as its weakest link.

These machines have no common sense; they have not yet learned to "think," and they do exactly as they are told, no more and no less. This fact is the hardest concept to grasp when one first tries to use a computer.

Programming is legitimate and necessary academic endeavour.

Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.