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• The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1982)...
• Children are natural mimic who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.
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  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 17, Number 5...
• Lots of comedians have people they try to mimic. I mimic my shadow. -- Steven Wrigh
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  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...