Quotes from UVA Computer Science professors

Favorite programming languages and operating systems

• "Someday we'll discover a dinosaur nest in Arizona and right next to the fossil will be a stone-etched PRIMOS manual. It was probably PRIMOS that caused the dinosaurs to die off in the first place."
• Professor: "So that's what those programmers have been doing: writing their programs in C and assembly code, making them scream."
  Student: "The programmers or the machines?"
  
• "It's the same as knowing about Fortran -- it damages your brain."
• Student: "FORTRAN?"
  
Professor: "The *best* programming language we're talking about here... you just mentioned a roach motel!"
• "I was addicted to very high level languages once. Now I can't even write social APL programs."
• "...even, God forgive us, True BASIC."
• "They learn quickly that an O.S. that prints 'panic' and dies isn't so great."