When those far removed from the creation of wealth -- undergraduates, reporters, politicians -- hear that the richest 5% of the people have half the total wealth, they tend to think injustice! An experienced programmer would be more likely to think is that all? The top 5% of programmers probably write 99% of the good software.

A programming language is for thinking of programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of.

I've seen occasional articles about how to manage programmers. Really there should be two articles: one about what to do if you are yourself a programmer, and …

Why do people move to suburbia? To have kids! So no wonder it seemed boring and sterile. The whole place was a giant nursery, an artificial town created explic…

Inequalities of wealth, unjustly established, have assuredly injured the nation in which they exist during their establishment; and, unjustly directed, they in…

And with respect to the mode in which these general principles affect the secure possession of property, so far am I from invalidating such security, that the …

What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way …