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...One of the most important lessons, perhaps, is the fact that SOFTWARE IS HARD. From now on I shall have significantly greater respect for every… — Donald Knuth
When certain concepts of TeX are introduced informally, general rules will be stated; afterwards you will find that the rules aren't strictly true. In general,… — Donald Knuth
There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding their complexity. If… — Leslie Lamport
We think only through the medium of words. Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, which is adapted to its purpose in every species of expression,… — Antoine Lavoisier
We don't have much time, so we don't teach them; we acquaint them with things that they can learn. — Charles E. Leiserson
Composing computer programs to solve scientific problems is like writing poetry. You must choose every word with care and link it with the other words… — James Lovelock
In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning. — Maimonides
Development is maintenance. — Brian Marick
Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes. — Hayley Mills
The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can't… — Hayley Mills
Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics. It's the natural mathematical technique that best maps the character of the subject. — Harold Morowitz
You have to honor failure, because failure is just the negative space around success. — Richard R. Nelson
A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking. — Seymour Papert
My basic idea is that programming is the most powerful medium of developing the sophisticated and rigorous thinking needed for mathematics, for grammar, for physics,… — Seymour Papert
A class, in Java, is where we teach objects how to behave. — Richard E. Pattis
Code should run as fast as necessary, but no faster; something important is always traded away to increase speed. — Richard E. Pattis
Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only too sizes; too big and too small. — Richard E. Pattis
The discipline of programming is most like sorcery. Both use precise language to instruct inanimate objects to do our bidding. Small mistakes in programs or… — Richard E. Pattis
The structure of a software system provides the ecology in which code is born, matures, and dies. A well-designed habitat allows for the successful evolution… — Richard E. Pattis
The three most important aspects of debugging and real estate are the same: Location, Location, and Location. — Richard E. Pattis

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