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When We Had No Computers, We Had No Programming Problem Either. When We Had A Few Computers, We Had A Mild Programming Problem. Confronted With Machines A Million Times As Powerful, We Are Faced With A Gigantic Programming Problem.

The Purpose Of Abstraction Is Not To Be Vague, But To Create A New Semantic Level In Which One Can Be Absolutely Precise.

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.

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.

Progress Is Possible Only If We Train Ourselves To Think About Programs Without Thinking Of Them As Pieces Of Executable Code.