"I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we don't become missionaries. Don't feel as if you're Bible salesmen. The world has too many of those already. What you know about computing other people will learn. Don't feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. What's in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more."
-- Alan J. Perlis (April 1, 1922 February 7, 1990)
Quoted in SICP itself.
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Anonymous2007-08-13 0:14 ID:JiSwOuTU
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yeah thats like the whole joke behind the read sicp stuff.. thanks for just explaining it to all the idiots who havent read the book....
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Anonymous2007-08-13 3:01 ID:WMrGHj6c
"I hope the field of religion never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we don't become missionaries. Don't feel as if you're SICP /prog/ zealot. The world has too many of those already. What you know about worshipping Yahweh other people will learn. Don't feel as if the key to successful worshipping Yahweh is only in your hands. What's in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the Yahweh as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more." -- Jesus F. Christ (January 1, 1 April 3, 33)