EDEdsger Dijkstra

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Edsger Dijkstra

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Quotations and sayings

01Undated

It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.

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02Undated

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

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03Undated

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

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04Undated

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.

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05Undated

Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

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06Undated

Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.

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