Epigrams in Programming

  1. In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.

  2. We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.

  3. 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.

  4. Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.

  5. Though the Chinese should adore APL, it’s FORTRAN they put their money on.