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I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.

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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Alan Kay (1971)

Actually I made up the term "object-oriented", and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.

Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising.

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.

If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place. This is not secret knowledge. It's just secret to this pop culture.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

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