Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.
几个世纪以来，印第安人发展了手语来传达人们感兴趣的现象。来自不同部落（FORTRAN，LISP，ALGOL，SNOBOL等）的程序员可以使用不需要他们在小马上扛黑板的程序员。
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
"The human heart is a battlefield of conflicting emotions."
The beauty of mathematics lies in its ability to describe the universe in the most abstract terms.
【释义】富贵不能使我骄奢淫逸，贫贱不能使我改移节操，威武不能使我屈服意志。
技术应当服务于设计，而不是主导设计。
"Literature has the power to transcend time and space, connecting us to the thoughts and feelings of people from different eras and cultures."
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.