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The book the Ziff folks sent me as an example of their art was 'Late Night VRML 2.0 with Java,' 700 pages + CD-ROM, published…

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Even within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at…
Greenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half…
SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.
Even the lamest page can be saved by collaboration.
If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into…
We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to…
We worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted.
Progress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't need…

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