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The use of anthropomorphic terminology when dealing with computing systems
is a symptom of professional immaturity.
-- Edsger Dijkstra
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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)...
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt ax.
It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
The tools we use have a profound (and devious!) influence on our thinking habits, and, therefore, on our thinking abilities.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt ax.
It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra...
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...
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The effort of using machines to mimic the human mind has always struck me as rather silly.
I would rather use them to mimic something better. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
Software Engineering: How to program if you cannot. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra