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• Assembly language experience is [important] for the maturity and understanding of how computers work that it provides.
  -- D. Grie...
• FORTRAN is a good example of a language which is easier to parse using ad hoc techniques.
  -- D. Gries [What's good about it? Ed.]...
• Keep the number of passes in a compiler to a minimum. -- D. Grie
• Computers are a fun way to do the same work you'd have to do without them.
  -- ...understanding Computers' Affect On The Workplace......
• JMP if you love assembly language!
• A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used. -- D. Grie