The Enjoyment Of One's Tools

The Manuals We Got From Ibm Would Show Examples Of Programs And I Knew I Could Do A Heck Of A Lot Better Than That. So I Thought I Might Have Some Talent.

Everyday Life Is Like Programming, I Guess. If You Love Something You Can Put Beauty Into It.

These Machines Have No Common Sense; They Have Not Yet Learned To "think," And They Do Exactly As They Are Told, No More And No Less. This Fact Is The Hardest Concept To Grasp When One First Tries To Use A Computer.

I Decry The Current Tendency To Seek Patents On Algorithms. There Are Better Ways To Earn A Living Than To Prevent Other People From Making Use Of One's Contributions To Computer Science.

The Best Theory Is Inspired By Practice.