The most important thing in the programming language is the ability to express algorithms clearly and concisely.

编程语言中最重要的东西是能够清晰简洁地表达算法。

The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user.

程序最重要的属性是它是否实现了用户的意图。

The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly and so that human beings can understand them clearly. A programmer is ideally an essayist who works with traditional aesthetic and literary forms as well as mathematical concepts, to communicate the way that an algorithm works and to convince a reader that the results will be correct.

最好的程序是这样编写的：计算机可以快速执行它们，而人类可以清楚地理解它们。理想情况下，程序员是一位散文家，他使用传统的美学和文学形式以及数学概念来传达算法的工作原理，并说服读者结果是正确的。

The most important thing in a programming language is the semantics, not the syntax.

编程语言中最重要的东西是语义，而不是语法。

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

真正的问题不是机器是否会思考，而是人是否会思考。

Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty.

计算机编程是一门艺术，因为它将积累的知识应用于世界，因为它需要技能和创造力，特别是因为它产生了美的对象。

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

预测未来的最好方法就是发明它。

The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.

编程语言中最重要的东西是名字。没有好名字的语言不会成功。我最近发明了一个非常好的名字，现在我正在寻找一种合适的语言。