"In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever."

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Source : "Program Development by Stepwise Refinement". Communications of the ACM, 14 (4), April 1971.

Niklaus Wirth

#Forever Quotes #World Quotes #Computer Quotes

“I don't like to spend money when I'm traveling. I like to go places like Hawaii and not spend money. I splurge on time.”
“Four specters haunt the poor - old age, accident, sickness and unemployment”
“It is said that the inferior seek to emulate the superior. Thus, if a general slackens only a little, those beneath him will be greatly negligent.”
“I like to talk to people. I've got one assistant, one Blackberry. That's my overhead. I don't text that much or email. I like to sit down face-to-face and have a conversation with you. I'm old-fashioned.”
“Tom Hanks has taken George Clooney's place as the big-hitter driving a lot of liberal causes.”
“That's the trouble with Nick. The only time he opens his mouth is to change feet.”
“If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a desert island.”
“... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning for stable values... When conservative Christian groups talk of failures in our educational system, the erosion of our moral standards, and the waste of young lives, they are addressing real and legitimate concerns... Among secularists, the aversion toward discussion of moral values, let alone religion, can reach absurd extremes.”

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