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UNIX is simple. But It just needs a genius to understand its simplicity. --Dennis Ritchie Before software can be reusable, it first has to be usable. --Ralph Johnson Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. --Fred Brooks Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why it works. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why. It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free. -Steve McConnell Code Complete If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. -Gerald Weinberg The Six Phases of a Project: Enthusiasm Disillusionment Panic Search for the Guilty Punishment of the Innocent Praise for non-participants Good code is its own best documentation. As you're