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To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener.
If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener.
The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs read more
The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.
When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished by elderly scientists and supports the read more
When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished by elderly scientists and supports the idea with great fervour and emotion, the distinguished but elderly scientests are then, after all, right. -Isaac Asimov.
Pentiums melt in your PC, not in your hand.
Pentiums melt in your PC, not in your hand.
FORTRAN --'the infantile disorder'--, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in read more
FORTRAN --'the infantile disorder'--, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today: it is now too clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use.
PL/I --'the fatal disease'-- belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.
APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.
