Although my own previous enthusiasm has been for syntactically rich languages like the Algol family, I now see clearly and concretely the force of Mi… - Robert W. Floyd

If I ask another professor what he teaches in the introductory programming course, whether he answers proudly "Pascal" or diffidently "FORTRAN," I know that he is teaching a grammar, a set of semantic rules, and some finished algorithms, leaving the students to discover, on their own, some process of design.

If there is ever a science of programming language design, it will probably consist largely of matching languages to the design methods they support.

If the advancement of the general art of programming requires the continuing invention and elaboration of paradigms, advancement of the art of the individual programmer requires that he expand his repertory of paradigms.