Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
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I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.Edsger Dijkstra
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
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