We can found no scientific discipline, nor a healthy profession on the
technical mistakes of the Department of Defense and IBM.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra
technical mistakes of the Department of Defense and IBM.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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whether submarines can swim.
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 tools we use have a profound (and devious!) influence on our
thinking habits,
and, therefore, on our thinking abilities. -- 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 use of anthropomorphic terminology when dealing with computing
systems is a symptom of professional immaturity.
Edsger W....
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'Tis the... - Hello? Tap tap tap...
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found to
have evolved from a simple system that works... - Oh Dad!
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