The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing down. The field is not mature yet and already it accounts for a significant percentage of the Gross National Product both directly and indirectly.

Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to systems.

The number of lines of code a programmer can write in a fixed period of time is the same independent of the language used.

My definition of elegance is the achievement of a given functionality with a minimum of mechanism and a maximum of clarity.

Regardless of whether one is dealing with assembly language or compiler language, the number of debugged lines of source code per day is about the same!

The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing down. The field is not mature yet and already it accounts for a significant percentage of the Gross National Product both directly and indirectly.

Because one has to be an optimist to begin an ambitious project, it is not surprising that underestimation of completion time is the norm.