An interpreter raises the machine to the level of the user program; a compiler lowers the user program to the level of the machine language. -- SICP
PI seconds is a nanocentury. -- [fact]
Well, if you talk about programming to a group of programmers who use the same language, they can become almost evangelistic about the language. They form a tight-knit community, hold to certain beliefs, and follow certain rules in their programming. It’s like a church with a programming language for a Bible. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).
Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")
Functional programming is to algorithms as the ubiquitous little black dress is to women's fashion. -- Mark Tarver (of "The bipolar Lisp programmer" fame)
The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. -- Grady Booch
If you’re going through hell keep going. ~Winston Churchill
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. –John Lennon