The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly and so that human beings can understand them clearly. A programmer is ideally an essayist who works with traditional aesthetic and literary forms as well as mathematical concepts, to communicate the way that an algorithm works and to convince a reader that the results will be correct.
最好的程序是这样写的:计算机可以快速执行它们,人类可以清楚地理解它们。理想情况下,程序员是一位散文家,他使用传统的美学和文学形式以及数学概念来传达算法的工作原理,并说服读者结果是正确的。
The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.
应对不自由世界的唯一方法就是变得如此绝对自由,以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
你越是赞美和庆祝你的生活,生活中就越有值得庆祝的东西。
The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name, and now I am looking for a suitable language.
The best solutions often come from listening to diverse perspectives and finding common ground.
不要用战术的勤奋掩盖战略的懒惰。
Life is the sum of all your choices.