Premature Optimization Is The Root Of All

A Mathematical Formula Should Never Be "owned" By Anybody! Mathematics Belong To God.

In Fact What I Would Like To See Is Thousands Of Computer Scientists Let Loose To Do Whatever They Want. That's What Really Advances The Field.

Ai Has By Now Succeeded In Doing Essentially Everything That Requires 'thinking' But Has Failed To Do Most Of What People And Animals Do 'without Thinking'-that, Somehow, Is Much Harder.

In Fact, My Main Conclusion After Spending Ten Years Of My Life Working On The Tex Project Is That Software Is Hard. It's Harder Than Anything Else I've Ever Had To Do.

When Certain Concepts Of Tex Are Introduced Informally, General Rules Will Be Stated; Afterwards You Will Find That The Rules Aren't Strictly True. In General, The Later Chapters Contain More Reliable Information Than The Earlier Ones Do. The Author Feels That This Technique Of Deliberate Lying Will Actually Make It Easier For You To Learn The Ideas. Once You Understand A Simple But False Rule, It Will Not Be Hard To Supplement That Rule With Its Exceptions.