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About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.
Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and s... (more Edsger Dijkstra quotes)
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| Biography - Dijkstra, Edsger W. (1930-2002): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online by Gale Reference Team |
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