Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.