Notice that this can be interpreted in two ways.  The hacker&#x27;s interpretation is that, if you want to improve your smarts then you have to code as cleverly as possible, otherwise you cannot learn anything when debugging!  This is called kernighan&#x27;s lever: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linusakesson.net&#x2F;programming&#x2F;kernighans-lever&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linusakesson.net&#x2F;programming&#x2F;kernighans-lever&#x2F;</a>