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The Only Way You Can Predict The Future Is To Build It.

If You're Not Failing 90% Of The Time, Then You're Probably Not Working On Sufficiently Challenging Problems.

The Flip Side Of The Coin Was That Even Good Programmers And Language Designers Tended To Do Terrible Extensions When They Were In The Heat Of Programming, Because Design Is Something That Is Best Done Slowly And Carefully.

The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Invent It.

Quite A Few People Have To Believe Something Is Normal Before It Becomes Normal - A Sort Of 'voting' Situation. But Once The Threshold Is Reached, Then Everyone Demands To Do Whatever It Is.