If debugging is the art of removing bugs, then programming must be the art of inserting them.
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The primary purpose of the Data statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable Pi can be given that value with a Data statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the
The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music.
We have come through a strange cycle in programming, starting with the creation of programming itself as a human activity. Executives with the tiniest smattering of knowledge assume that anyone can write a program, and only now are programmers beginning to win their battle for recognition as true professionals. Not
[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.
Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music… and of aviation.