Quote #41
As practiced by computer science, the study of programming is an unholy
mixture of mathematics, literary criticism, and folklore.
-- B. A. Sheil, 1981
As practiced by computer science, the study of programming is an unholy
mixture of mathematics, literary criticism, and folklore.
-- B. A. Sheil, 1981
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