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by laen 1853 days ago
Here is Harold Abelson discussing the topic in ~1986. His introduction to “Computer Science” has stuck with me for years. Interesting to see the lineage of the statement, it must have stuck with him as it has for me, when he first heard it.

https://youtu.be/-J_xL4IGhJA?list=PLE18841CABEA24090