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Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.

— Grace Hopper The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper (1987)

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From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.

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We must state relationships, not procedures.

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In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, "Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me."

I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, "What are you?"

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