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Much to the surprise of the builders of the first digital computers, programs written for them usually did not work. — Rodney Brooks
While spay neuter is important, our goal has never been no more births, even though reducing birth rates might help. Our goal has been and… — Nathan Winograd
If every animal shelter in the United States embraced the No Kill philosophy and the programs and services that make it possible, we would save… — Nathan Winograd
We have also obtained a glimpse of another crucial idea about languages and program design. This is the approach of statified design, the notion that… — Hal Abelson
The hardest part of the software task is arriving at a complete and consistent specification, and much of the essence of building a program is… — Fred Brooks
...our intellectual powers are rather geared to master static relations and that our powers to visualize processes evolving in time are relatively poorly developed. For… — Edsger Dijkstra
Yes, I share your concern: how to program well -though a teachable topic- is hardly taught. The situation is similar to that in mathematics, where… — Edsger Dijkstra
The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatably [on the simplest example possible]. — Tom Duff
In those days [batch processing] programmers never even documented their programs, because it was assumed that nobody else would ever use them. Now, however, time-sharing… — Robert Fano
Object-oriented programming as it emerged in Simula 67 allows software structure to be based on real-world structures, and gives programmers a powerful way to simplify… — David Gelernter
What is the central core of the subject [computer science]? What is it that distinguishes it from the separate subjects with which it is related?… — Tony Hoare
To treat programming scientifically, it must be possible to specify the required properties of programs precisely. Formality is certainly not an end in itself. The… — Jim Horning
...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
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
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
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
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting… — Alan Perlis
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program. — Alan Perlis
You think you KNOW when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can… — Alan Perlis
There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one… — Roger Schank

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