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• Quote #625 Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. -- Brian Kerniga
• VII. Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it.
  -- Laws of Computer Programming...
• Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capabilities of the programmer who must maintain it.
  Laws of Computer Programming, VII...
• The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one.
  Hence, descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity often abstract away its essence....
• An apprentice carpenter may want only a hammer and saw, but a master craftsman employs many precision tools.
  Computer programming likewise requires sophisticated tools to cope with the complexity of real applications, and only practice with these tools will build skill in their use....
• BASIC is to computer programming as Ripple is to wine.
• Laws of Computer Programming: 1. Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
  2. Any given program costs more and takes longer....
• BASIC is to computer programming as QWERTY is to typing. -- Seymour Pape