Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.
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Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called 'life', expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing.
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
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Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.
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Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.
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Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
