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

  • -- Hal Abelson 埃布尔森

程序必须是为人们阅读而编写的,而且只是顺便为机器执行而编写的。

相关名言

'Creative Commons' is the self-congratulatory name of a self-congratulatory movement. Somewhat like kibbutz on the Internet, the idea is to write programs - 'free ware' - and distribute them without charge.

“知识共享”是一个沾沾自喜的运动名称。有点像互联网上的基布兹农场,其理念是编写程序——“免费软件”——并免费分发。

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.

读书太多而用脑太少的人会养成懒惰的思维习惯。

There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business.

有许多专门帮助贫困人口创业的项目。

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

没有人能从阅读中获益,而他却不能从阅读中获得乐趣。