Teaching Cobol Ought To Be Regarded As

Progress Is Possible Only If We Train Ourselves To Think About Programs Without Thinking Of Them As Pieces Of Executable Code.

Some Consider The Puzzles That Are Created By Their Omissions As Spicy Challenges, Without Which Their Texts Would Be Boring; Others Shun Clarity Lest Their Work Is Considered Trivial.

Object-oriented Programming Is An Exceptionally Bad Idea Which Could Only Have Originated In California.

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

Mathematicians Are Like Managers - They Want Improvement Without Change.