Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.

I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.

Even if you aren't in doubt, consider the mental welfare of the person who has to maintain the code after you, and who will probably put parens in the wrong place.

People get annoyed when you try to debug them.

Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.

As a linguist, I don't think of Ada as a big language. Now, English and Japanese, those are big languages. Ada is just a medium-sized language.