Programming Quotes

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In the Java world, security is not viewed as an add-on a feature. It is a pervasive way of thinking. Those who forget to think… — James Gosling
Don't worry about how things are. Watch where they are headed. — Fred Green
Experimental evidence is the final arbiter of right and wrong. — Brian Greene
It [AI] would take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't… — Stephen Hawking
Stupidity is the only natural capital offense. — Robert A. Heinlein
Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all… — Tony Hoare
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn't we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is… — Bill Joy
There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FÃ˜RTRAN. They write more code in less time than… — Bill Joy
The Open Source theorem says that if you give away source code, innovation will occur. Certainly, Unix was done this way... However, the corollary states… — Bill Joy
The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it's true. For me, I use the assumption that object… — Bill Joy
I think it is no exaggeration to say we are on the cusp of the further perfection of extreme evil, an evil whose possibility spreads… — Bill Joy
You can't prove anything about a program written in C or FÃ˜RTRAN. It's really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar. — Bill Joy
For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes. — Joseph M. Juran
The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet. — Alan Kay
The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it… — Donald Knuth
I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making… — Donald Knuth
Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer. — Donald Knuth
There is one brain organ that is optimised for understanding and articulating logical processes and that is the outer layer of the brain, called the… — Ray Kurzweil
By 2009, computers will disappear. Displays will be written directly onto our retinas by devices in our eyeglasses and contact lenses. — Ray Kurzweil
If we were magically shrunk and put into someone's brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working… — Gottfried Leibniz

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