A Quote by Donald Knuth

Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute.

Donald Knuth

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Computers Execute Humans Meant Meant To Be Only Programs Read

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Donald Knuth
American - Scientist
Born: January 10, 1938

Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.

Hal Abelson

First, we want to establish the idea that a computer language is not just a way of getting a computer to perform operations but rather that it is a novel formal medium for expressing ideas about methodology. Thus, programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.

Hal Abelson

It used to be the program's purpose to instruct our computers; it became the computer's purpose to execute our programs.

Edsger Dijkstra

In my view, the fact that computers caught up to humans and completely dominate humans in chess and some other domains already, that says there's evidence that, yes, in principle, they can be better programmers than humans.

Jaan Tallinn

Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.

Philip Emeagwali

Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.

Douglas Adams

Do what's good for humans, modeled on how humans already do things; ignore what's convenient for computers.

Stewart Brand

Until computers and robots make quantum advances, they basically remain adding machines: capable only of doing things in which all the variables are controlled and predictable. Robots are bad at pattern recognition and certainly at common sense. That's why computers can beat humans in chess but can't have even a basic conversation with a six-year-old.

Michio Kaku

Techno-humanism aims to amplify the power of humans, creating cyborgs and connecting humans to computers, but it still sees human interests and desires as the highest authority in the universe.

Yuval Noah Harari

People assume that computers will do everything that humans do. Not good. People are different from each other and they are all really different from computers.

Eric Schmidt

The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.

Konrad Zuse

You can model experiments on computers now and then execute them, and you don't actually need a fully stocked lab.

Arvind Gupta

When humans team up with computers to play chess, the humans who do best are not necessarily the strongest players. They're the ones who are modest and who know when to listen to the computer. Often, what the human adds is knowledge of when the computer needs to look more deeply.

Tyler Cowen

There are tribes, I should say nations, which prior to the AIM movement had only ten or fifteen employees, and now have upwards of 2000. There are educational programs that didn't exist before, there are housing programs, health programs, senior citizen programs, cultural programs and the list goes on. It's all because some people stood up and said sovereignty is our right by treaty and the constitution says treaty law is the supreme law of the land.

Leonard Peltier

The only thing I'll say is when or whether Uber goes public, the most important thing is that the company continues to execute and execute at scale.

Tony West

Not only have computers changed the way we think, they've also discovered what makes humans think - or think we're thinking. At least enough to predict and even influence it.

Douglas Rushkoff

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