“Elegance? It may seem odd to non-scientists, but there is an aesthetic in software as there is in every other area of intellectual endeavour. Truly great programmers are like great poets or great mathematicians – they can achieve in a few lines what lesser mortals can only approach in three volumes.”

“Elegance? It may seem odd to non-scientists, but there is an aesthetic in software as there is in every other area of intellectual endeavour. Truly great programmers are like great poets or great mathematicians – they can achieve in a few lines what lesser mortals can only approach in three volumes.”

— John Naughton