An Algorithm Must Be Seen To Be

Tex Has Found At Least One Bug In Every Pascal Compiler It's Been Run On, I Think, And At Least Two In Every C Compiler

Programming Is The Art Of Telling Another Human Being What One Wants The Computer To Do.

[the Euclidean Algorithm Is] The Granddaddy Of All Algorithms, Because It Is The Oldest Nontrivial Algorithm That Has Survived To The Present Day.

Beware Of Bugs In The Above Code; I Have Only Proved It Correct, Not Tried It.

Computer Programming Is An Art, Because It Applies Accumulated Knowledge To The World, Because It Requires Skill And Ingenuity, And Especially Because It Produces Objects Of Beauty. A Programmer Who Subconsciously Views Himself As An Artist Will Enjoy What He Does And Will Do It Better.