Computer programming has been traditionally seen as something that is beyond most people - it's only for a special group with technical… — Mitchel Resnick Copy Share Image
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“But, of course, the point of a programming language is that you don't just read it; you write it, too. You make… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
The principal lesson of Emacs is that a language for extensions should not be a mere "extension language". It should be a… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
The most powerful programming language is Lisp. If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
If there is ever a science of programming language design, it will probably consist largely of matching languages to the design methods… — Robert W. Floyd Copy Share Image
All of us who attended the meeting - including Microsoft - unanimously agreed that unilaterally extending the Java programming language would hurt… — James Gosling Copy Share Image
I was really looking at computers as a way to understand the mind. But at M.I.T., my mind was blown by having… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
