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

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


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