We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct?
Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.