The Teaching Of BASIC In Schools, Should Be Considered A Criminal Act. -- Dijkstra

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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)...
• The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
  -- E. W. 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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  -- E.W.Dijkstra, 18th June 1975....
• COBOL /koh'bol/ n. [COmmon Business-Oriented Language] (Synonymous with evil.
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