Citing Gerald Weinberg from the book The Psychology of Computer Programming. It is impossible to begin a discussion of psychological principles of programming language design without recalling the story of “Levine the Genius Tailor.” It seems that a man had gone to Levine to have a suit made cheaply, but when the suit was finished and he went to try it on, it didn’t fit him at all. “Look,” he said, “the jacket is much too big in back.” “No problem,” replied Levine, showing him how to hunch over his back to take up the slack in the jacket. [Continue]