Quote #10

I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.

More from Grace Hopper

  1. I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. [:] they carefully told me, computers could only do arithmetic; they could not do progr…
  2. The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
  3. Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.
  4. The most dangerous phrase in the language is, 'We've always done it this way.'
  5. At the end of about a week, I called back and said, 'I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?'
  6. You manage things, you lead people.
  7. In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, 'Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me.'
  8. On COBOL: 'But Grace, then anyone will be able to write programs!'

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