"During the process of stepwise refinement, a notation which is natural to the problem in hand should be used as long as possible."

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Niklaus Wirth

#Hands Quotes #Long Quotes #Problem Quotes

“People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.”
“I wanted the world to sit back, listen up, and let me explain to it that when someone is sad and hopeless, the last thing they need to feel is that they are the only ones in the world with that feeling. So, if you feel sorry for someone, don't pretend to be happy. Don't pretend to care only about their problems.”

Source : John Corey Whaley (2011). “Where Things Come Back”, p.210, Simon and Schuster
“The best way to learn is to teach”
“I used to be enamored of object-oriented programming. I'm now finding myself leaning toward believing that it is a plot designed to destroy joy.”
“I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.”
“I've been saying that all along, that if you open the door for gay marriage, then you have to have the polygamists and the triads and the commune people and everybody else, right?”
“King gives you this 'bro' stuff and tells you that the white man did this and we should stick together. Then he starts cutting your purse. I was with him for six years. You put your head in a noose when you sign with Don King.”
“The only heaven permitted to me is the part-time job heaven.”

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