In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
What is the difference between a Turing machine and the modern computer? It’s the same as that between Hillary’s ascent of Everest and the establishment of a Hilton hotel on its peak.
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it’s FORTRAN they put their money on.