foreigner

There are three kinds of mathematicians: those who can count, and those who can't.

--- folklore

A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do.

--- Dennis M. Ritchie

Time is a device that was invented to keep everything from happening at once.

--- some graffiti seen on a Cambridge building wall

Pascal is for building pyramids -- imposing, breathtaking structures built by armies pushing heavy blocks into place. Lisp is for building organisms ...

---Alan Perlis

The best way to solve a complex problem is to break it down into component parts, learn each of the parts, and learn how the parts go together.

--- R. L. Graham