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

Many computer scientists have fallen into the trap of trying to define languages like George Orwell's Newspeak, in which it is impossible to think bad thoughts. What they end up doing is killing the creativity of programming.

The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.

For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.

I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

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