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• The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
  -- E. W. Dijkstra...
• The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1982)...
• PL/1, "the fatal disease", belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.
  -- E. W. Dijkstra...
• The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
  --E. W. Dijkstra...
• GOTO statement considered harmful" - E. W.
  Dijkstra, title to a letter in CACM 11, 3 (March, 1968)...
• The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 17, Number 5...
• An efficient program is an exercise in logical brinkmanship. -- E. Dijkstra