1. The art of programming is the art of processing complexity.
2. Excellent programmers are very clear that their ability is limited, so his attitude towards programming tasks is completely humble, especially, they will escape "smart skills" like evading plague. - 1972 map of the award speech
3. Computer science is the hardest branch of application mathematics, so if you are a plentiful mathematician, it is best to stay in place and continue to be your mathematician.
4. The tools we use deeply influence our thinking habits and affect our thinking ability.
5. In fact, if a programmer learns Basic first, it is difficult to teach his good programming technology: As a possible programmer, their nerves have been disrupted, and they cannot recover.
6. On the use of language: It is impossible to cut a pencil with a blunt ax, and change to ten blunt ax will become a big disaster.
7. Simple is reliable prerequisites.
