Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.

There's a saying in the software design industry: "Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two."