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SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.

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Even within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at…
Greenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half…
SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.
Even the lamest page can be saved by collaboration.
If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into…
We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to…
We worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted.
Progress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't need…

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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
JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language. — Douglas Crockford
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. — Alan Perlis
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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

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