When in doubt, use brute force.
It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.
For most of that time, I've also been a keen gardener, but for many years I failed to make the connection between gardening and science.
Just think, IBM and DEC in the same room, and we did it.
That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty.
On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.