Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.

It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.