Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on.
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.
Are you perchance running on a 64-bit machine?
I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?
Accidental stacks considered harmful.