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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.
Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!
Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!
Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?
Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. -Max Frisch.
Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. -Max Frisch.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
