Quoting Richard Gabriel in Janice J. Heiss, The Poetry of Programming, 2002

I think developers already know but are a little afraid to admit that writing software is a creative activity that requires a lot of interaction with the people who are going to use it.

— Richard Gabriel in Janice J. Heiss, The Poetry of Programming, 2002

6:37pm on June 26, 2025 from Batumi, Georgia.


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