> It is frustrating when people hang on to certain ideas just because a famous author said it. Sometimes it holds us back. What I appreciate is that most of w

> It is frustrating when people hang on to certain ideas just because a famous author said it. Sometimes it holds us back. What I appreciate is that most of what he says (via GotW or the books) comes with the rationale and a code snippet instead of a blind assertion that this is The True Way.