This barely known programmer called Larry Wall said, many years ago, that the three virtues of the programmer are laziness, impatience and hubris. Be lazy beca

This barely known programmer called Larry Wall said, many years ago, that the three virtues of the programmer are laziness, impatience and hubris. Be lazy because you don't want to do the same job twice. Be impatient, and don't build tools that make you tell them things they should already know. Fill your soul with hubris, and you will have to work on your code very hard so that nobody can find a fault in it. A pretty smart guy, that Larry Wall.