Introduction :: Eloquent JavaScript
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Introduction :: Eloquent JavaScript
The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand conceptual structures.... Yet the program construct, unlike the poet's wor... See more
Just for Fun. No, Really.
The reason I think this is that the hard part of coding has always been humans getting clear on how they want a thing to work and then presenting this to a machine for execution. This is why we write code in programming language rather than natural language; programming language is an extension of formal logic and lets humans express with exactitud... See more
Zach Lloyd • Ask & Adjust: The Future of Productivity Interfaces
Shachaf Rodberg added
i like how the use of syntax puts constraints
A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes. Thus, when we describe a language, we should pay particular attention to the means that the language provides for combining simple ideas to form more compl... See more
Source Academy
nico kokonas added
In the computer’s world, there is only data. You can read data, modify data, create new data—but that which isn’t data cannot be mentioned. All this data is stored as long sequences of bits and is thus fundamentally alike.
Marijn Haverbeke • Chapter 1Values, Types, and Operators
First, one must perform perfectly. The computer resembles the magic of legend in this respect, too. If one character, one pause, of the incantation is not strictly in proper form, the magic doesn't work. Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I thi
... See moreFrederick P. Brooks Jr. • Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition, The: Essays On Software Engineering
Code is how machines know what to do. Media is how humans know what to do.
Eric Jorgenson • The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
