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Experience Does By No Means Automatically Leads To Wisdom And Understanding.

Lisp Has Jokingly Been Described As "the Most Intelligent Way To Misuse A Computer." I Think That Description Is A Great Compliment Because It Transmits The Full Flavour Of Liberation: It Has Assisted A Number Of Our Most Gifted Fellow Humans In Thinking Previously Impossible Thoughts.

Elegance Is Not A Dispensable Luxury But A Factor That Decides Between Success And Failure.

The Art Of Programming Is The Art Of Organizing Complexity.

The Purpose Of Abstraction Is Not To Be Vague, But To Create A New Semantic Level In Which One Can Be Absolutely Precise.