It Is Not The Task

Pl/1, The Fatal Disease, Belongs More To The Problem Set Than To The Solution Set.

Programming Is One Of The Most Difficult Branches Of Applied Mathematics; The Poorer Mathematicians Had Better Remain Pure Mathematicians.

The Effort Of Using Machines To Mimic The Human Mind Has Always Struck Me As Rather Silly. I Would Rather Use Them To Mimic Something Better.

If You Want More Effective Programmers, You Will Discover That They Should Not Waste Their Time Debugging, They Should Not Introduce The Bugs To Start With.

The Competent Programmer Is Fully Aware Of The Strictly Limited Size Of His Own Skull; Therefore He Approaches The Programming Task In Full Humility, And Among Other Things He Avoids Clever Tricks Like The Plague.