By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer to reality.
Donald KnuthProgramming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.
Donald KnuthIn fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.
Donald KnuthThe important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others, what you can contribute to the enterprise as a whole.
Donald Knuth