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Matthias Felleisen

mav-er-ick n. A person who shows independence of thought and action, especially by refusing to adhere to the policies of a group to which that person belongs. The American Heritage Dictionary

i-con-o-clast n. 1. One who destroys sacred images. 2. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions. The American Heritage Dictionary Wordsmith

An Element of Style Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language. Rule 12, William Strunk, Jr.

Q: What is the shortest lie in computing?
   A: It works.
   A: Done. James Pine, Google Eng.

On Programming: A bad day writing code in Scheme is better than a good day writing code in C. David Stigant

More on Programming: Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. John F. Woods

Yet more on Programming: Programming is just another name for the lost art of thinking. Arctic Fidelity aka Aaron Hsu

On Mutation and Programming: Assignment leads to mutation. Mutation leads to pointers. Pointers lead to suffering! Anton van Straaten

On Teaching Programming: Wir sind froh, dass die Absolventen schon Java können. Programmieren müssen wir denen halt noch beibringen. via Mike Sperber who overheard senior developers talk about new recruits

One Final Word on Programming We shall do a much better programming job, provided we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremendous difficulty, provided that we respect the intrinsic limitations of the human mind and approach the task as very humble programmers. Dijskstra, Turing Award Lecture

On Scientists: I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. Richard Feynman

[E]very statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. George Orwell, 1984

the university campus has arrived in industry

Thank you Scott Adams

 

 

        
  • ... at MIT, courtesy DNJ.
    • In a note to a friend, he gave his response: "My job is to be sufficiently entertaining and outrageous to get people to spend a bit of time thinking about serious issues. And while I assert what I believe (at that particular moment) with outrageous certainty, you will also find if you read far enough that I always concede down the road that I quite see the other side of the argument."

      Peter Huber, 1952--2021

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Universities routinely complain that Computer Science employs too few female faculty members. Now, have you ever searched for conservatives on campus? Well yes, not even Google can find them.

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