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From: Toby Thain <toby@telegraphics.com.au>
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:05:36 +1000
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Dan Cross wrote:
> 
> In article <20010612003610.3980A199E9@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write:
> >  [...]
> >
> >This means that we have a hard time imparting anything
> >from generation to generation that can really be useful
> >except for how to reason about problems.
> 
> But knowing how to reason about the problem is a good 75% of the battle
> (if not more).  When I was 20 years old, I read, ``The Elements of
> Programming Style,'' first edition.  The book is older than I am, but
> it _profoundly_ influenced how I thought and worked,

Amen to that. I had occasion to quote it a couple of nights ago:
"Do not sacrifice clarity for small gains in 'efficiency' "

Toby