To Understand A Program, You Must Become

If Your Computer Speaks English, It Was Probably Made In Japan.

Optimization Hinders Evolution. Everything Should Be Built Top-down, Except The First Time. Simplicity Does Not Precede Complexity, But Follows It.

Learning French Is Trivial: The Word For Horse Is Cheval, And Everything Else Follows In The Same Way.

It Is Easier To Change The Specification To Fit The Program Than Vice Versa.

One Can't Proceed From The Informal To The Formal By Formal Means.