If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of fiddling with array indexes and worrying whether X is an integer or a real number, we can begin to focus on programming as a source…

Quote by Harold Abelson

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If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of...

If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of...

We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where...

We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where...

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the...

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the...

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

Software is like sex: it's better when it's free.

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm...

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm...

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to...

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to...

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can...

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can...

[I] recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Call me...

[I] recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Call me...

Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.

Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace...

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.

To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what...

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what...

Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating...

Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating...

The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at...

The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at...

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that...

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge...

The digital decade is not just about any particular aspect of computing, taking enterprises, knowledge...