Computation Quote by Donald A. Norman

First, we want to establish the idea that a computer language is not just a way of getting a computer to perform operations but…

— Hal Abelson

A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework…

— Hal Abelson

Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.

— Larry Wall

Many computer scientists have fallen into the trap of trying to define languages like George Orwell's Newspeak, in which it is impossible to think…

— Larry Wall

“Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we cannot avoid it. Our applications are complex because we are ambitious to use our computers in ever…

— C.A.R. Hoare

Composing computer programs to solve scientific problems is like writing poetry. You must choose every word with care and link it with the other…

— James Lovelock

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.…

— Richard Stallman

Computer languages of the future will be more concerned with goals and less with procedures specified by the programmer.

— Marvin Minsky

A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.

— Seymour Papert

Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable…

— Matt Blaze

If there is ever a science of programming language design, it will probably consist largely of matching languages to the design methods they support.

— Robert W. Floyd

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

— Donald Knuth