That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.


George Boole, quoted in Kenneth E. Iverson's 1979 Turing Award Lecture


That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.

That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.

That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.

That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.