An Algorithm Must Be Seen To Be

Programming Is Legitimate And Necessary Academic Endeavour.

[the Euclidean Algorithm Is] The Granddaddy Of All Algorithms, Because It Is The Oldest Nontrivial Algorithm That Has Survived To The Present Day.

In Fact What I Would Like To See Is Thousands Of Computer Scientists Let Loose To Do Whatever They Want. That's What Really Advances The Field.

The Hardest Thing Is To Go To Sleep At Night, When There Are So Many Urgent Things Needing To Be Done. A Huge Gap Exists Between What We Know Is Possible With Today's Machines And What We Have So Far Been Able To Finish.

Everyday Life Is Like Programming, I Guess. If You Love Something You Can Put Beauty Into It.