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If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should

If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of fiddling with array indexes and worrying whether X is an integer or a real number, we can begin to focus on programming as a source of ideas. – Harold Abelson

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If I have not seen as far as others, it is because there were giants standing on my shoulders. – Harold Abelson

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