To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

If you want my ghost just say ' We've always done it that way.' and i will haunt you for 24 hours.

If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but . . .to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.

I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?

Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds.

I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women and children first...If you had a man and a woman trying to go through some dangerous woods, the man's instinct would be to protect the woman. Therefore you weaken the man.

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.