Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Alan Perlis
One man's constant is another man's variable.
man
Every program has (at least) two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.
written
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.
information data perfect process hiding structure
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
good ideas responsible
Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.
computers science computer
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.
plans discipline self fun education learning attention thoughts critical teach students modern selfdiscipline
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
suffer fools complexity
Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept (co-routines include subroutines); seek it everywhere.
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
thoughts
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
failure success improvement
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
people help
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
vices change
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
progress change language
In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
system
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