The Use Of Cobol Cripples

The Competent Programmer Is Fully Aware Of The Strictly Limited Size Of His Own Skull; Therefore He Approaches The Programming Task In Full Humility, And Among Other Things He Avoids Clever Tricks Like The Plague.

The Use Of Cobol Cripples The Mind; Its Teaching Should, Therefore, Be Regarded As A Criminal Offense.

I Mean, If 10 Years From Now, When You Are Doing Something Quick And Dirty, You Suddenly Visualize That I Am Looking Over Your Shoulders And Say To Yourself "dijkstra Would Not Have Liked This," Well, That Would Be Enough Immortality For Me.

Some Consider The Puzzles That Are Created By Their Omissions As Spicy Challenges, Without Which Their Texts Would Be Boring; Others Shun Clarity Lest Their Work Is Considered Trivial.

Why Has Elegance Found So Little Following? That Is The Reality Of It. Elegance Has The Disadvantage, If That's What It Is, That Hard Work Is Needed To Achieve It And A Good Education To Appreciate It.