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Pioneering work is ugly
- The quote 'Pioneering work is ugly' is often attributed to A. S. Besicovitch.
- The original quote comes from 'A Mathematician's Miscellany' by J. E. Littlewood, citing Besicovitch.
- The complete quote may be 'A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given. (Pioneer work is clumsy.)'
- The interpretation of the quote suggests that it takes more creativity to produce rough draft code than to edit it.
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