#or

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much. ↗

— Whitfield Diffie

#distinction #distinctions #i #make #much

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#cripples #mind #offense #regarded #should

We are the world. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#grown #more #movie #other #people

It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#beyond #exposure #good #had #hope

If 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself: 'Dijkstra would not have liked this', well that would be enough immortality for me. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#dirty #doing #enough #i #i am

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#avoids #aware #clever #competent #full

Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#compete #experience #firstly #i #me

Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#effective #extremely #formal #joys #life

Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#appreciate #disadvantage #education #elegance #following