Programming In Basic Causes Brain Damage.

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

When I Came Back From Munich, It Was September, And I Was Professor Of Mathematics At The Eindhoven University Of Technology. Later I Learned That I Had Been The Department's Third Choice, After Two Numerical Analysts Had Turned The Invitation Down; The Decision To Invite Me Had Not Been An Easy One, On The One Hand Because I Had Not Really Studied Mathematics, And On The Other Hand Because Of My Sandals, My Beard And My "arrogance" (whatever That May Be).

Simplicity Is Prerequisite For Reliability.

Apl Is A Mistake, Carried Through To Perfection. It Is The Language Of The Future For The Programming Techniques Of The Past: It Creates A New Generation Of Coding Bums.

Computer Science Has As Much To Do With Computers As Astronomy Has To Do With Telescopes.