Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.

I have been writing JavaScript for 8 years now, and I have never once found need to use an uber function. The super idea is fairly important in the classical pattern, but it appears to be unnecessary in the prototypal and functional patterns. I now see my early attempts to support the classical model in JavaScript as a mistake.

Using int made sense in the 50s. Not any more

Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different correct program is extremely challenging.

The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you can get a round one.

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts.

The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them.