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I Think People Who Write Programs Do Have At Least A Glimmer Of Extra Insight Into The Nature Of God... Because Creating A Program Often Means That You Have To Create A Small Universe

When Certain Concepts Of Tex Are Introduced Informally, General Rules Will Be Stated; Afterwards You Will Find That The Rules Aren't Strictly True. In General, The Later Chapters Contain More Reliable Information Than The Earlier Ones Do. The Author Feels That This Technique Of Deliberate Lying Will Actually Make It Easier For You To Learn The Ideas. Once You Understand A Simple But False Rule, It Will Not Be Hard To Supplement That Rule With Its Exceptions.

In Fact, My Main Conclusion After Spending Ten Years Of My Life Working On The Tex Project Is That Software Is Hard. It's Harder Than Anything Else I've Ever Had To Do.

The Hardest Thing Is To Go To Sleep At Night, When There Are So Many Urgent Things Needing To Be Done. A Huge Gap Exists Between What We Know Is Possible With Today's Machines And What We Have So Far Been Able To Finish.

Programs Are Meant To Be Read By Humans And Only Incidentally For Computers To Execute.