There seems to be a law of instant returns, with respect to learning programming.

There seems to be a law of instant returns, with respect to learning programming.

The problem shapes the solution.

The problem shapes the solution.

"The code reads likes poetry and runs like the wind."

"The code reads likes poetry and runs like the wind."

-Anonymous

"I've done a lot of testing since LiveJournal. Once I started working with other people especially. And once I realized that code I write never fucking goes away and I'm going to be a maintainer for life."

"I've done a lot of testing since LiveJournal. Once I started working with other people especially. And once I realized that code I write never fucking goes away and I'm going to be a maintainer for life."

-Brad Fitzpatrick

"I tend not to buy into religions, any religions, whole hog. Whether it's object-oriented programming or functional programming or Christianity or Judaism-- I mine them for good ideas but I don't practice them in toto."

"I tend not to buy into religions, any religions, whole hog. Whether it's object-oriented programming or functional programming or Christianity or Judaism-- I mine them for good ideas but I don't practice them in toto."

-Joshua Bloch

"I think the lack of reusability comes in object-oriented languages, not in functional languages. Because the problem with object-oriented languages is they've got all this implicit environment that they carry around with them. You wanted a banana but what you got was a gorilla holding the banana and the entire jungle."

"I think the lack of reusability comes in object-oriented languages, not in functional languages. Because the problem with object-oriented languages is they've got all this implicit environment that they carry around with them. You wanted a banana but what you got was a gorilla holding the banana and the entire jungle."

-Joe Armstrong

Learning something new is like acquiring a new power.

Learning something new is like acquiring a new power.