“The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close. For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.” ThinkingReasonProblemLanguageImagineDangerousSolutionsProgramConnectionsErrorsFeaturesProgrammersEliminatingProblems And Solutions Book:The C++ Programming Language Source: The C++ Programming Language
“Proprietary software tends to have malicious features. The point is with a proprietary program, when the users dont have the source code, we can never tell. So you must consider every proprietary program as potential malware.” SourceProgramCodeFeaturesSoftwareUsersMalicious Author:Richard Stallman
“While I was doing the residency in Paris, I found out that I was chosen as one of the five winners of the Focus Features Africa First Program. All this happened less than a year after I made my first two short films.” YearsFirstsMadeTwoFilmFoundFiveFocusHappenedProgramChosenWinnerFeaturesParisShort FilmsResidency Author:Chika Anadu
“Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the program down because people put in special checks. When they want to add some feature, they’ll just stick in these checks without thinking about how they might slow the thing down.” PeopleThinkingWantMightTodaySpecialProgramAddSticksChecksFatsFeaturesEnhancement Author:Bill Gates
“The sorts of sectors which feature so largely in the [Donald] Trump program, and its rhetoric, account now for perhaps only about 15 percent of the American work force.” ForceTrumpPercentProgramAccountsFeaturesRhetoric Author:Judy Woodruff