People Think That Computer Science Is The

... The Designer Of A New System Must Not Only Be The Implementor And The First Large-scale User; The Designer Should Also Write The First User Manual. ... If I Had Not Participated Fully In All These Activities, Literally Hundreds Of Improvements Would Never Have Been Made, Because I Would Never Have Thought Of Them Or Perceived Why They Were Important.

Programs Are Meant To Be Read By Humans And Only Incidentally For Computers To Execute.

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...methods Are More Important Than Facts. The Educational Value Of A Problem Given To A Student Depends Mostly On How Often The Thought Processes That Are Invoked To Solve It Will Be Helpful In Later Situations. It Has Little To Do With How Useful The Answer To The Problem May Be. On The Other Hand, A Good Problem Must Also Motivate The Students; They Should Be Interested In Seeing The Answer. Since Students Differ So Greatly, I Cannot Expect Everyone To Like The Problems That Please Me.

Programming Is The Art Of Telling Another Human Being What One Wants The Computer To Do.