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The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.
The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
A satellite has no conscience.
A satellite has no conscience.
Ideas are fatal to caste.
Ideas are fatal to caste.
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.
We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.
We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to read more
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and read more
The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the right to speak it.
