The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. -- Hans Hofmann
The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
So - what are the most important problems in software engineering? I’d answer “dealing with complexity”. -- Mark Chu-Carroll
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -- Thomas Edison
Let me try to get this straight: Lisp is a language for describing algorithms. This was JohnMcCarthy's original purpose, anyway: to build something more convenient than a Turing machine. Lisp is not about file, socket or GUI programming - Lisp is about expressive power. (For example, you can design multiple object systems for Lisp, in Lisp. Or implement the now-fashionable AOP. Or do arbitrary transformations on parsed source code.) If you don't value expressive power, Lisp ain't for you. I, personally, would prefer Lisp to not become mainstream: this would necessarily involve a dumbing down. -- VladimirSlepnev
It’s a problem if the design doesn’t let you add features at a later date. If you have to redo a program, the hours you spend can cause you to lose your competitive edge. A flexible program demonstrates the difference between a good designer and someone who is just getting a piece of code out. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).
Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell
Life is about making an impact, not making an income. --Kevin Kruse
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. –Gloria Steinem