Programming Language Quotes by Hal Abelson

First, we want to establish the idea that a computer language is not just a way of getting a computer to perform operations but…

— Hal Abelson

What's important is not just to develop the technology; it's to develop the processes.

— Hal Abelson

Now, the reason that we think computer science is about computers is pretty much the same reason that the Egyptians thought geometry was about…

— Hal Abelson

A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework…

— Hal Abelson

Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.

— Hal Abelson

Applicants must also have extensive knowledge of Unix, although they should have sufficiently good programming taste to not consider this an achievement.

— Hal Abelson

The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think.

— Hal Abelson

[Computer science] is not really about computers and it's not about computers in the same sense that physics is not really about particle accelerators,…

— Hal Abelson

The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence of this…

— Hal Abelson

There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion.

— Hal Abelson

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.

— Hal Abelson

Congress is good at doing two things: one is nothing, and the other is overreacting.

— Hal Abelson