Computer Quote by Larry Wall

A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

— Dennis Ritchie

From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide…

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

There are two types of computer languages; those that people hate and those that nobody uses.

— John Ousterhout

Computer scientists have so far worked on developing powerful programming languages that make it possible to solve the technical problems of computation. Little effort…

— Donald A. Norman

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

— Marvin Minsky

Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because *you* are better.

— Derek Sivers

Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.

— Roman Jakobson

Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a tract of…

— Verity Stob

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

By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer to reality.

— Donald Knuth

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

— Seth Lloyd

A computer is like a violin. You can imagine a novice trying first a phonograph and then a violin. The latter, he says, sounds…

— Marvin Minsky