#programme

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#lisp #nests #parentheses #pens #programmer

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#continuing #his #measure #noting #perspective

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#after #bbc #been #capable #doctor

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls. ↗

— Charley Pride

#consultants #country #country music #defined #fans

We were doing things with a hundred per cent feeling. It wasn't programmed. It wasn't asked for. It wasn't structured. It was just there. It was very raw. I don't think the industry would allow that to happen again. ↗

— Ben E. King

#allow #asked #cent #doing #feeling

I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing. ↗

— John Searle

#argue #car #computer #exactly #i

The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto. ↗

— George Shearing

#few #first #i #movement #mozart

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#deserve #innovative #programmers #programs #punished

I'm so programmed to getting up early that I like to make the most of the day. ↗

— Rachel Stevens

#early #getting #i #like #make

This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason. ↗

— Martin Bashir

#audience #barely #documentary #factual #fascinating