Beauty Is Our Business.

Probably I Am Very Naive, But I Also Think I Prefer To Remain So, At Least For The Time Being And Perhaps For The Rest Of My Life.

In The Software Business There Are Many Enterprises For Which It Is Not Clear That Science Can Help Them; That Science Should Try Is Not Clear Either.

A Most Important, But Also Most Elusive, Aspect Of Any Tool Is Its Influence On The Habits Of Those Who Train Themselves In Its Use. If The Tool Is A Programming Language This Influence Is, Whether We Like It Or Not, An Influence On Our Thinking Habits.... A Programming Language Is A Tool That Has Profound Influence On Our Thinking Habits.

Computer Science Is No More About Computers Than Astronomy Is About Telescopes, Biology Is About Microscopes Or Chemistry Is About Beakers And Test Tubes. Science Is Not About Tools. It Is About How We Use Them, And What We Find Out When We Do.

Production Speed Is Severely Slowed Down If One Works With Half-time People Who Have Other Obligations As Well. This Is At Least A Factor Of Four; Probably It Is Worse.