TeX has found at least one bug in every Pascal compiler it's been run on, I think, and at least two in every C compiler

People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on each other, like a wall of mini stones.

TeX has found at least one bug in every Pascal compiler it's been run on, I think, and at least two in every C compiler

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

An algorithm must be seen to be believed.

Science is knowledge which we understand so well that we can teach it to a computer; and if we don't fully understand something, it is an art to deal with it.

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.