"Much to the surprise of the builders of the first digital computers, programs written for them usually did not work."

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Source : Rodney Allen Brooks (1985). “Programming in Common LISP”, John Wiley & Sons Inc

Rodney Brooks

#Digital Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Computer Quotes

“I am 1952. I masticate. I am like a big stomach.”
“I have a very open mind. I believe that there's a spirit world. I believe that there's a lot of stuff out there that we don't know about, don't want to understand, and sometimes we don't want to understand it.”
“Sitting too long in front of a screen proves both physically and psychologically debilitating, no matter how innocuous or even beneficial the programs may be.”
“Don't worry about calling for me. Just pop a cork loudly enough and I'll come running.”
“Some people wanted to get rich or famous, but my friends and I wanted to get real. We wanted to get deep. (Also, I suppose, we wanted to get laid.)”
“We all, if we go with ego I go or you go ego thing, it's got to be free from all of that and just roll, because music is a spiritual thing. It's got to come through us and can't just hit us. It's got to be part of us that comes through us and goes to the people, and then they come back to us and give us more spirit.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.”
“I think true beauty is everywhere. Be it. See it. Notice it. Love it. Be grateful for it. Marvel at it. It's everywhere. It's all around us all the time.”

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