A Programming Language Is A Tool That

Thanks To The Greatly Improved Possibility Of Communication, We Overrate Its Importance. Even Stronger, We Underrate The Importance Of Isolation.

Don't Blame Me For The Fact That Competent Programming, As I View It As An Intellectual Possibility, Will Be Too Difficult For The Average Programmer, You Must Not Fall Into The Trap Of Rejecting A Surgical Technique Because It Is Beyond The Capabilities Of The Barber In His Shop Around The Corner.

Industry Suffers From The Managerial Dogma That For The Sake Of Stability And Continuity, The Company Should Be Independent Of The Competence Of Individual Employees.

If There Is One 'scientific' Discovery I Am Proud Of, It Is The Discovery Of The Habit Of Writing Without Publication In Mind.

It Used To Be The Program's Purpose To Instruct Our Computers; It Became The Computer's Purpose To Execute Our Programs.