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• Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of ones native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.
  -- Edsger W. Dijkstra...
• Quote #652 A modern, competent programmer should not be puzzle-minded, he should not reveal in tricks, he should be humble and should avoid clever solutions like the plague.
  -- Dijkstra (EWD 303)...
• Quote #639 Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.
  -- Edsger Dijkstra...
• Quote #669 Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
  -- E. Dijkstra...
• We were nearly one of the last to realize that in the age of information science the most expensive asset is knowledge.
  -- Mikhail Gorbachev...
• A wizard is only as good as his spells," people will often say.
  It is telling however, that this statement is only made by people who have never been wizards themselves....
• TeX /tekh/ n. An extremely powerful macro-based text formatter written by Donald E.
  Knuth, very popular in the computer-science community (it is good enough to have displaced Unix troff, the other favored formatter, even at many Unix installations)....
• Good taste is always an asset. -- Rudy Bakalov
• Quote #69 "Yacc" owes much to a most stimulating collection of use
  who have goaded me beyond my inclination, and frequently beyond my ability in their endless search for "one more feature"....