I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I do, that most people do, are because they hate something somebody else has done, or they hate that something hasn’t been done.
ALAN KAYIn computers, every ‘new explosion’ was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
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Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.
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I knew in the first grade that they were lying to me because I had already been exposed to other points of view.
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That language was Joss, which predated Basic and was beautiful.
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They don’t like the idea of having different points of view, so it was a battle.
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The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
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The greatest single programming language ever designed
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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The only way you can predict the future is to build it.
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Any medium powerful enough to extend man’s reach is powerful enough to topple his world.
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If you’re not failing 90% of the time, then you’re probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.
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Any company large enough to have a research lab is too large to listen to it.
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As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way.
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The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn’t started yet.
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Artificial intelligence is what we don’t know how to do yet
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A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.
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