A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen.

  • -- Paul Graham 保罗·格雷厄姆

编程语言是用来思考程序的,而不是用来表达你已经想到的程序。它应该是一支铅笔,而不是一支钢笔。

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Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.

编程不是零和游戏。向程序员同行传授一些东西并不会让你失去它。我很乐意分享我所能做的,因为我热爱编程。

Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated.

显然,编程课程应该教授设计和构建的方法,并且所选的示例应该能够很好地展示一个渐进的开发过程。

Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.

程序设计是应用数学中最困难的分支之一;较穷的数学家最好还是纯数学家。

I am a composer, horn player, and computer programmer.

我是一个作曲家、圆号演奏家和电脑程序员。