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 //Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.// --Brian Kernighan //Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.// --Brian Kernighan
  
-//There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiences and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.// --C.A.R. Hoare (The emperor's old clothes - 1981)+//There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are __obviously__ no deficiences and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no __obvious__ deficiencies.// --C.A.R. Hoare (The emperor's old clothes - 1981)
  
 //SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.// --Philip Greenspun //SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.// --Philip Greenspun