This post originated from an RSS feed registered with Python Buzz by Dmitry Dvoinikov. Original Post: Just in: choose your language carefully Feed Title: Things That Require Further Thinking Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThingsThatRequireFurtherThinking Feed Description: Once your species has evolved language, and you have learned language, [...] and you have something to say, [...] it doesn't take much time, energy and effort to say it. The hard part of course is having something interesting to say. -- Geoffrey Miller Latest Python Buzz Posts Latest Python Buzz Posts by Dmitry Dvoinikov Latest Posts From Things That Require Further Thinking

I have regarded it as the highest goal of programming language design to enable good ideas to be elegantly expressed.

-- C.A.R. Hoare, 1981

Language designers also have an obligation to provide languages that encourage good style, since we all know that style is strongly influenced by the language in which it is expressed.

-- Donald Knuth, 1974

I have the feeling that one of the most important aspects of any computing tool is its influence on the thinking habits of those who try to use it.

-- E.W.Dijkstra, 1972