Seunghwansohn

“An understanding of every language-technical detail of a language feature or library component is neither necessary nor sufficient for writing good programs. In fact, an obsession with understanding every little detail is a prescription for awful - overelaborate and overly clever code.”
― Stroustrup Bjarne, The C++ Programming Language

“Lisp has jokingly been called “the most intelligent way to misuse a computer”. I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts.”
― Edsger W. Dijkstra

“Erase outdated elements and rewrite programs: learn, unlearn and relearn to constantly adapt.”
― Roger Spitz, Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World

“Our software is fragile as well — if people built houses the way we write programs, the first woodpecker would wipe out civilization.”
― Clifford Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage