"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute."

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Source : "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" by Gerald Jay Sussman and Hal Abelson, (Preface to the first edition), 1979.

Hal Abelson

#Technology Quotes #People Quotes #Machines Quotes

“Don't disrespect the sword marshmallow.”

Source : Michael Buckley (2011). “The Sisters Grimm: Book Seven: The Everafter War”, p.245, Abrams
“I defy anyone now to tell me about patriotism and what America stands for, while we've elected a man who ran on everything that's anathema to what people say that America stands for.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.”
“My Luftwaffe is invincible... And so now we turn to England. How long will this one last - two, three weeks?”
“It's a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else's tragedy.”
“Anything can happen. That's the beauty of creating.”
“Sometimes a journey makes itself necessary.”
“If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush”

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