"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics, 1911"
"While programmers could ignore the advice and rely on computer architects, compiler writers, and silicon engineers to make their programs run faster without change, that era is over. ... While the goal of many researchers is to make it possible for programmers to be unaware of the underlying paralle"
"Servers also place a greater emphasis on dependability, since a crash is usually more costly than it would be on a single-user desktop computer. ... Despite their low cost, embedded computers often have lower tolerance for failure, since the results can vary from upsetting to devastating."
"How are programs written in a high-level language translated into the language of the hardware, and how does the hardware execute the resulting program?"
"To Linda, who has been, is, and always will be the love of my life"
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein, What I Believe, 1930"