Clear Quote by Fred Brooks

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

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

Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces…

— Donald Knuth

Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what…

— Donald Knuth

“A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do.”

— Arthur Bloch

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

— Seth Lloyd

Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of…

— Tim O'Reilly

Computer programming is really a lot like writing a recipe. If you've read a recipe, you know what the structure of a recipe is,…

— Larry Wall

The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the…

— Joseph Weizenbaum

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

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