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Programming Quotes by Hal Abelson
- If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of fiddling with array indexes and worrying whether X is an…
- The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence of this change…
- 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…
- Applicants must also have extensive knowledge of Unix, although they should have sufficiently good programming taste to not consider this an achievement.
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- If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
- They know enough who know how to learn. — Henry Adams
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- Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share… — John Carmack
- Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming. — P.J. O'Rourke
- Whenever you feel upset, take full responsibility for the emotions that you are experiencing. Get to work as quickly as possible identifying… — Ken Keyes Jr.
- Our knowledge and understanding of nonhuman animals is polluted far more than we acknowledge by our belief in our own superiority, our… — Will Tuttle