Comp 105 Course Staff

Bilal Ahmed

“Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.”

Max Alexander

“Stopping to smell the roses is an O(1) operation.”

Matt Frey

“Good code is its own best documentation.”

Andrew Gallant

“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. A programmer who subconsciously views himself as an artist will enjoy what he does and will do it better.” —Don Knuth

Ariel Hamlin

“Learning by necessity is uncomfortable, it means our brains are growing, but it doesn't mean one should stop.”

Sam Haney

“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.” —Dijkstra

Andrew McGlathery

“Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between success and failure.” —Dijkstra

Juan Carlos Montemayor Elosua

“I love the smell of π in the morning.”

Alex Polyakov

“Probably case analysis.”

Norman Ramsey

“Multum in parvo.”

Matt Russell

“Keep calm and induct and recurse.”