The key to understanding complicated things is knowing what not to look at.

- Gerald Jay Sussman

Nothing brings fear to my heart more than a floating point number.

- Gerald Jay Sussman

In engineering, as in other creative arts, we must learn to do analysis to support our efforts in synthesis. One cannot build a beautiful and functio…

- Gerald Jay Sussman

The reason why people think of programming as being hard is because you're writing down a general rule which is going to be used for lots of instance…

- Gerald Jay Sussman

A recursive definition does not necessarily lead to a recursive process.

- Gerald Jay Sussman

Being smart in the arts is the same as being smart in engineering is the same as being smart in writing is the same as being smart in anything, reall…

- Gerald Jay Sussman