Simplicity Is A Great Virtue But It

How Do We Convince People That In Programming Simplicity And Clarity - In Short: What Mathematicians Call Elegance - Are Not A Dispensable Luxury, But A Crucial Matter That Decides Between Success And Failure?

Teaching Cobol Ought To Be Regarded As A Criminal Act.

A Most Important, But Also Most Elusive, Aspect Of Any Tool Is Its Influence On The Habits Of Those Who Train Themselves In Its Use. If The Tool Is A Programming Language This Influence Is, Whether We Like It Or Not, An Influence On Our Thinking Habits.... A Programming Language Is A Tool That Has Profound Influence On Our Thinking Habits.

The Art Of Programming Is The Art Of Organizing Complexity.

... As A Slow-witted Human Being I Have A Very Small Head And I Had Better Learn To Live With It And To Respect My Limitations And Give Them Full Credit, Rather Than To Try To Ignore Them, For The Latter Vain Effort Will Be Punished By Failure.