Computer science Quote by C.A.R. Hoare

In many cases, the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or…

— Linus Torvalds

“A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do.”

— Arthur Bloch

“Our best intentions are the most impactful when they are formed by the actual needs and desires of our community.”

— David Docusen

When we take the position that it is not only the programmer's responsibility to produce a correct program but also to demonstrate its correctness…

— Edsger Dijkstra

The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer.

— Edsger Dijkstra

“The Choice of a purpose is more important than success.”

— Wasif Ali Wasif

“An object only receives its true value from the one who cares the most about it.”

— Brianna J. Merrill

“It is more Important to be of pure intention than of perfect action.”

— Ilyas Kassam

“The purpose of a system is what it does.”

— Stafford Beer

“the conceptual integrity of a system determines its ease of use.”

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

Every program has two purposes: The one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

— Alan Perlis

Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

— Alan Perlis