[jhgb]

> We often fail to realize how little we know about a thing until we attempt to simulate it on a computer.

"Programming is a good medium for expressing poorly understood and sloppily formulated ideas" is definitely on the list of my favourite programming quotes.

[fho]

I recently tried to implement a simple version of an existing board game ... boy did all those "if you have this card and I have that card except for that special condition and also none of this matters if you play this card" bite me in the end ...