This is one of the great quotes in the Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs book: Next he created for the Apple II a version of Pascal, a high-level programming lang

This is one of the great quotes in the Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs book: Next he created for the Apple II a version of Pascal, a high-level programming language. Jobs had resisted, thinking that BASIC was all the Apple II needed, but he told Atkinson, "Since you're so passionate about it, I'll give you six days to prove me wrong." He did, and Jobs respected him ever after. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cf_2PBPP-rEC&pg=PT143&lpg=PT143&dq=since+you%27re+so+passionate+about+it+i%27ll+give+you+six+days+to+prove+me+wrong&source=bl&ots=pPGjkRYz7j&sig=kTkSRb7bPLncBAWKuLpmxrGZIXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis3dyt65vVAhXLybwKHRodCQgQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=since%20you're%20so%20passionate%20about%20it%20i'll%20give%20you%20six%20days%20to%20prove%20me%20wrong&f=false https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cf_2PBPP-rEC&pg=PT143&l...