The Question Of Whether Computers Can Think

Computer Science Has As Much To Do With Computers As Astronomy Has To Do With Telescopes.

I Think Of The Company Advertising "thought Processors" Or The College Pretending That Learning Basic Suffices Or At Least Helps, Whereas The Teaching Of Basic Should Be Rated As A Criminal Offence: It Mutilates The Mind Beyond Recovery.

In The Software Business There Are Many Enterprises For Which It Is Not Clear That Science Can Help Them; That Science Should Try Is Not Clear Either.

When We Had No Computers, We Had No Programming Problem Either. When We Had A Few Computers, We Had A Mild Programming Problem. Confronted With Machines A Million Times As Powerful, We Are Faced With A Gigantic Programming Problem.

The Effective Exploitation Of His Powers Of Abstraction Must Be Regarded As One Of The Most Vital Activities Of A Competent Programmer.