编程是告诉另一个人我们希望计算机做什么的艺术。
Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.
有时候我真想放弃，但想到会让很多人失望，我就坚持下来。
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.
