We can found no scientific discipline, nor a healthy profession on the
technical mistakes of the Department of Defense and IBM.
-- Edsger Dijkstra
technical mistakes of the Department of Defense and IBM.
-- Edsger Dijkstra
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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 question of whether computers can think is just like the question of
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.... - Quote #500
`... if we wish to count lines of code,
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and, therefore, on our thinking abilities. -- Edsger... - We should not introduce errors through sloppiness, we should
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