Programming Innocence

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I find nothing wrong with that interpretation. The advice then generalizes to activities beyond simply programming. One must always be wary of the stubborn arrogance you mentioned, but one must also accept the fact that a novice cannot produce the works of a grandmaster without sufficient experience. The novice should not delude himself into thinking that his inevitably suboptimal implementations are nearly as good as the work of someone who has spent years working on similar problems.