Optimization Hinders Evolution.

In The Long Run, Every Program Becomes Rococo, And Then Rubble.

Every Program Has (at Least) Two Purposes: The One For Which It Was Written And Another For Which It Wasn't.

To Understand A Program, You Must Become Both The Machine And The Program.

Because Of Its Vitality, The Computing Field Is Always In Desperate Need Of New Cliches: Banality Soothes Our Nerves.

A Language That Doesn't Affect The Way You Think About Programming Is Not Worth Knowing.