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“I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.”
Alan Kay“I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me.”
Edsger W. Dijkstra“Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.”
Edsger Dijkstra“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”
Edsger Dijkstra“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.”
Edsger Dijkstra“Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.”
Edsger Dijkstra“It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.”
Edsger Dijkstra“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.”
Edsger W. Dijkstra