Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Hal Abelson
Born: April 26, 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Harold "Hal" Abelson is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, a fellow of the IEEE, and a founding director of both Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation.
Known for:
- App Inventor (2011)
- Turtle Geometry (1981)
- Logo for the Macintosh (1992)