Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

In OO, it's the data that is the "important" thing: you define the class which contains member data, and only incidentally contains code for manipulating the object. In FP, it's the code that's important: you define a function which contains code for working with the data, and only incidentally define what the data is. -- almkgor, on reddit

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. -- Bill Gates

It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC. As potential programmers, they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. -- E. W. Dijkstra

In general, we can think of data as defined by some collection of selectors and constructors, together with specified conditions that these procedures must fulfill in order to be a valid representation. -- SICP, What is meant by data?

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt