Breaking point Quote by Dennis Ritchie

A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages

— Dave Barry

Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.

— Donald Knuth

When developers of digital technologies design a program that requires you to interact with a computer as if it were a person, they ask…

— Jaron Lanier

I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll…

— Malcolm X

“First, one must perform perfectly. The computer resembles the magic of legend in this respect, too. If one character, one pause, of the incantation…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

It's definitely a challenge, but it's even more than that. Beyond the basic need to understand what you're saying, a computer needs to understand…

— Peter P. Mahoney

“Programming is the act of installing internal, pre-established reactions to external stimuli so that a person will automatically react in a predetermined manner to…

— Arauna Morgan

“Some automatic responses are good — they're skills, and we need them for life and labor. But the tendency to accumulate programming tends to…

— John Shirley

Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.

— Alan Perlis

No one who has experienced the intense involvement of computer modeling would deny that the temptation exists to use any data input that will…

— James Lovelock

When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make…

— Tim Berners-Lee

All human beings, all persons who reach adulthood in the world today are programmed biocomputers. No one of us can escape our own nature…

— John C. Lilly