Part VI. The Future

 

As soon as we started programming, we found out to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought…I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs.

 
 --Maurice Wilkes, computer pioneer
 

Nothing is foolproof. Fools are just too darn clever.

 
 --Anonymous

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