Optimization Hinders Evolution.

Adapting Old Programs To Fit New Machines Usually Means Adapting New Machines To Behave Like Old Ones.

Fools Ignore Complexity. Pragmatists Suffer It. Some Can Avoid It. Geniuses Remove It.

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

A Good Programming Language Is A Conceptual Universe For Thinking About Programming.

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