[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, and biology is not about microscopes and Petri dishes... and geometry isn't really about using surveying… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What's important is not just to develop the technology; it's to develop the processes. — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Applicants must also have extensive knowledge of Unix, although they should have sufficiently good programming taste to not consider this an achievement. — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
Congress is good at doing two things: one is nothing, and the other is overreacting. — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
We have also obtained a glimpse of another crucial idea about languages and program design. This is the approach of statified design, the notion… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
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