Simple Things Should Be Simple And Complex

I Don't Know How Many Of You Have Ever Met Dijkstra, But You Probably Know That Arrogance In Computer Science Is Measured In Nano-dijkstras.

Most Software Today Is Very Much Like An Egyptian Pyramid With Millions Of Bricks Piled On Top Of Each Other, With No Structural Integrity, But Just Done By Brute Force And Thousands Of Slaves.

If You're Utopian, You're Never Satisfied.

Lisp Isn't A Language, It's A Building Material.

[computing] Is Just A Fabulous Place For That, Because It's A Place Where You Don't Have To Be A Ph.d. Or Anything Else. It's A Place Where You Can Still Be An Artisan. People Are Willing To Pay You If You're Any Good At All, And You Have Plenty Of Time For Screwing Around.