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It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity read more
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
FORTRAN --'the infantile disorder'--, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in read more
FORTRAN --'the infantile disorder'--, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today: it is now too clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use.
PL/I --'the fatal disease'-- belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.
APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.
I find sitting at a specially equipped desk in front of some pretty ugly plastics and staring at a little read more
I find sitting at a specially equipped desk in front of some pretty ugly plastics and staring at a little window is a very unnatural event.
The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.
The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.
Why shouldn't a PC work like a refrigerator or a toaster?
Why shouldn't a PC work like a refrigerator or a toaster?
If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...?
If a trainstation is where the train stops, what's a workstation...?
Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.
Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of read more
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
Theory provides the maps that turn an uncoordinated set of experiments or computer simulations into a cumulative exploration.
Theory provides the maps that turn an uncoordinated set of experiments or computer simulations into a cumulative exploration.
