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- A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. — Alan Perlis
- 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… — 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… — 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.… — 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