The easiest machine applications are the technical/scientific
computations.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra
computations.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Edsger... - Software Engineering: How to program if you cannot.
Edsger W.... - Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsicly
doomed to fail.
Edsger W.... - The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the
question of whether a submarine can swim.
Edsger W.... - The use of anthropomorphic terminology when dealing with computing
systems is a symptom of professional immaturity.
Edsger W.... - The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should,
therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. -- Edsger... - The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of
whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W....
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