Brainpower Is By Far Our Scarcest Resource.

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.

Raise Your Quality Standards As High As You Can Live With, Avoid Wasting Your Time On Routine Problems, And Always Try To Work As Closely As Possible At The Boundary Of Your Abilities. Do This, Because It Is The Only Way Of Discovering How That Boundary Should Be Moved Forward.

I Would Therefore Like To Posit That Computing's Central Challenge, How Not To Make A Mess Of It, Has Not Yet Been Met.

In Their Capacity As A Tool, Computers Will Be But A Ripple On The Surface Of Our Culture. In Their Capacity As Intellectual Challenge, They Are Without Precedent In The Cultural History Of Mankind.

Beauty Is Our Business.