We Must Be Very Careful

Simplicity Is Prerequisite For Reliability.

The Question Of Whether Computers Can Think Is Like The Question Of Whether Submarines Can Swim.

When We Had No Computers, We Had No Programming Problem Either. When We Had A Few Computers, We Had A Mild Programming Problem. Confronted With Machines A Million Times As Powerful, We Are Faced With A Gigantic Programming Problem.

The Use Of Anthropomorphic Terminology Forces You Linguistically To Adopt An Operational View. And It Makes It Practically Impossible To Argue About Programs Independently Of Their Being Executed.

Programming Is One Of The Most Difficult Branches Of Applied Mathematics; The Poorer Mathematicians Had Better Remain Pure Mathematicians.