Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.

Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated.

Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings.

Nevertheless, I consider OOP as an aspect of programming in the large; that is, as an aspect that logically follows programming in the small and requires sound knowledge of procedural programming.

It is evidently necessary to generate and test candidates for solutions in some systematic manner.

Usually its users discover sooner or later that their program does not deliver all the desired results, or worse, that the results requested were not the ones really needed.

Our ultimate goal is extensible programming (EP). By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to the system.

I have never designed a language for its own sake.

Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy is another fallacy.

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples.

My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.

The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed.

Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.

Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.

My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.

A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.

The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.

Programming is usually taught by examples.

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.

In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.

Yet, I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is worth investing effort in its development and in using a careful, structured approach based on safe, structured languages.

Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.

I felt like the dark hair added like a toughness to my face also, which was really important.

The Equal Rights Amendment would turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock.

For me, graffiti and the complexities with which it is either absorbed or expelled from what is going on, is a really good comparison to the way I see my work being similarly expelled or absorbed into different types of discourse.

I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.

I always say if music can't make you cry, you're a hopeless case. I don't cry very much myself, but it's my job to make you cry.

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?' and he answered me with two words: 'A pencil.' Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.

Disco music in the 70s was just a call to go wild and party and dance with no thought or conscience or regard for tomorrow.

If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.

The face of terrorism in Iraq is dead. Abu Musab al Zarqawi brutalized, tortured, and killed thousands of innocent people, forcing Iraqis to live in fear. The Iraqi people finally had enough, and gave up his whereabouts to the Iraqi security forces.

The real reason for coming to Montour is my love and respect for football.

I'm fascinated by people in general and what interests them, what it is that someone connects to or what it is that they're passionate about.

Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, and Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.

I put on whatever is comfortable on me. Suit, jeans and tee as long as it's comfortable. It doesn't matter what brand. If it looks good I buy it.

I'm a night owl.

When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak.

I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I'm not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel.

Don't use tap water to make your colloidal silver. Use pure distilled water only. And don't take very large dosages or strong concentrations for long periods of time.

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person.

I think I'm fairly laid-back. I like to have fun and kind of just be happy.

You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.

You know, photo conversations are replacing verbal conversations. I don't know if that's a bad thing. A photo is worth a thousand words.

Regular and simple life is the life of God; the chaotic and the complex one is the Devil's!