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Hal Abelson Quotes

born 1947 United States

Hal Abelson (born April 26, 1947) is the Class of 1992 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the MIT, and a fellow of the IEEE. He holds an A.B. degree from Princeton University and a Ph.D. degree in mathematics from MIT.

United States

Also known as: Abelson, Hal, Harold Abelson

Random Hal Abelson quote

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Anything which uses science as part of its name isn't: political science, creation science, computer science.

What’s important is not just to develop the technology; it’s to develop the processes.

Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.

It is not that there is some magic technology. It is what are you going to do with it?

Applicants must also have extensive knowledge of Unix, although they should have sufficiently good programming taste to not consider this an achievement

Giving it away helps defuse complex intellectual property issues of ownership and control that can distract the universities from their missions to disseminate knowledge." - commmenting on MIT's Open Courseware program

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hal Abelson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.