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“The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly and so that human beings can understand them clearly. A programmer is ideally an essayist who works with traditional aesthetic and literary forms as well as mathematical concepts, to communicate the way that an algorithm works and to convince a reader that the results will be correct.”
― Selected Papers on Computer Science
― Selected Papers on Computer Science
“The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.”
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“...if you aren't, at any given time, scandalized by code you wrote five or even three years ago, you're not learning anywhere near enough”
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Inspiring Book Club
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Inspire and be Inspired! Welcome to Inspiring Book Club where you can talk about your all-time favorite book that has inspired you the most, and hel ...more
Read a Classic Challenge
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How many people can be inspired to read at least one classic this year? How many classics can we read as a group? Join us for this year's challenge ou ...more
A Good Thriller
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We share a passion for action-packed, gripping, exciting, tense thrillers and mysteries, a genre rich with talented authors. We invite you to share yo ...more
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