Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.

A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

Every reader should ask himself periodically “Toward what end, toward what end?”—but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.