Some consider the puzzles that are created by their omissions as spicy challenges, without which their texts would be boring; others shun clarity lest their work is considered trivial.

The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer.

Experience does by no means automatically leads to wisdom and understanding.

Beware of "the real world". A speaker's apeal to it is always an invitation not to challenge his tacit assumptions.

Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration.

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.

It is a mistake to think that programmers wares are programs. Programmers have to produce trustworthy solutions and present it in the form of cogent arguments. Programs source code is just the accompanying material to which these arguments are to be applied to.