It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.

FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.

For most of that time, I've also been a keen gardener, but for many years I failed to make the connection between gardening and science.

I am a very bottom-up thinker.

It's always good to take an orthogonal view of something. It develops ideas.

I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.