quote by Alan Kay;
authorwenzelm
Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:40:34 +0200
changeset 51660 8e0a1d0a41ff
parent 51659 5151706dc9a6
child 51661 92e58b76dbb1
quote by Alan Kay;
src/Doc/IsarImplementation/document/root.tex
--- a/src/Doc/IsarImplementation/document/root.tex	Tue Apr 09 15:37:23 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/Doc/IsarImplementation/document/root.tex	Tue Apr 09 15:40:34 2013 +0200
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@
 
   Rob Pike and Brian W. Kernighan
 
+  \vspace*{1cm}
+
+  {\small\em If you look at software today, through the lens of the
+    history of engineering, it's certainly engineering of a sort--but
+    it's the kind of engineering that people without the concept of
+    the arch did. Most software today is very much like an Egyptian
+    pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with
+    no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and
+    thousands of slaves.}
+
+  Alan Kay
+
 \end{quote}
 
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