Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes.

In the software business there are many enterprises for which it is not clear that science can help them; that science should try is not clear either.

If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.

Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes.

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.

APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection.

A programming language is a tool that has profound influence on our thinking habits.