Programming Languages Quotes

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When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop. — Alan Perlis
The most powerful programming language is Lisp. If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful language is. Once… — Richard Stallman
It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to… — Nathaniel Borenstein
It's kind of pathetic actually that we are all sitting here talking about Forth. It is not the wave of the future. It's never been… — Charles H. Moore
C has all the expressive power of two dixie cups and a string. — Jamie Zawinski
APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. — Edsger Dijkstra
The greatest single programming language ever designed — Alan Kay
SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing. — Philip Greenspun
More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more. — Bjarne Stroustrup
As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we… — Brian Kernighan
C++ tries to guard against Murphy, not Machiavelli. — Damian Conway
Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term. — Alan Kay
A Perl program is correct if it gets the job done before your boss fires you. — Larry Wall
I have a pretty major problem with a language where one of the most common variables has the name $_ — Brian H. Hook
The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl. — Larry Wall
The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can… — Larry Wall
The C language combines all the power of assembly language with all the ease-of-use of assembly language. — Mark Pearce
It has been discovered that C++ provides a remarkable facility for concealing the trival details of a program - such as where its bugs are. — Robert D Keppel
Using Unix is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy. — Rob Pike
The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. — Alan Kay

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