Barbara Liskov

American computer scientist

  1. We thought that at some point people would start to use this, and then along came blockchains. And so that was very funny.
    Barbara Liskov · The a16z Show · Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication · 2026-07-13
  2. I would say that modularity is everything in building large programs.
    Barbara Liskov · The a16z Show · Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication · 2026-07-13
  3. It felt to me like we were in a funhouse full of these distorting mirrors, and you had to really think about things in an odd way to come to grips with this.
    Barbara Liskov · The a16z Show · Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication · 2026-07-13