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RE: On your marks, get set, DUMP!?
We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when
appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional
interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard,
well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity
by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which
emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others.
-- Alan J. Perlis
We remember what we learn when we care about performing better and when
we believe that what we have been asked to do is representative of
reality.
-- Roger Schank, Engines for Education
The only thing a man should ever be 100% convinced of is his own
ignorance.
-- DJ MacLean
It is better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and
remove all doubt.
-- WikiHow
It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally
vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.
-- Edsger Dijkstra
Philosophy: the finding of bad reasons for what one believes by
instinct.
-- Brave New World (paraphrased)