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• The easiest machine applications are the technical/scientific computations. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
• If the conjecture `You would rather I had not disturbed you by sending you this.
  ' is correct, you may add it to the list of uncomfortable truths. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
• Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsicly doomed to fail.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
• The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
• The use of anthropomorphic terminology when dealing with computing systems is a symptom of professional immaturity.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
• The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1982)...
• We can found no scientific discipline, nor a healthy profession on the technical mistakes of the Department of Defense and IBM.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
• The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...