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Quote #646 In The Design Of Sophisticated Digital System
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Quote #646
in the design of sophisticated digital systems, elegance is not a
dispensable luxury but a matter of life and death, being a major factor that
decides between success and failure.
-- Dijkstra (EWD 1298, 2000-04-22)
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