Production speed is severely slowed down if one works with half-time people who have other obligations as well. This is at least… — Edsger Dijkstra Factors Copy Share Image
The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making. — Edsger Dijkstra Challenges Copy Share Image
Probably I am very naive, but I also think I prefer to remain so, at least for the time being and perhaps… — Edsger Dijkstra Life Copy Share Image
In the good old days physicists repeated each other's experiments, just to be sure. Today they stick to FORTRAN, so that they… — Edsger Dijkstra Bugs Copy Share Image
Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons. — Edsger Dijkstra Chosen Copy Share Image
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. — Edsger Dijkstra Astronomy Copy Share Image
The use of anthropomorphic terminology forces you linguistically to adopt an operational view. And it makes it practically impossible to argue about… — Edsger Dijkstra Arguing Copy Share Image
Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely… — Edsger Dijkstra Education Copy Share Image
Please don't fall into the trap of believing that I am terribly dogmatical about [the goto statement]. I have the uncomfortable feeling… — Edsger Dijkstra Believe Copy Share Image
Several people have told me that my inability to suffer fools gladly is one of my main weaknesses. — Edsger Dijkstra Fool Copy Share Image
I now have had my foggy crystal ball for quite a long time. Its predictions are invariably gloomy and usually correct, but… — Edsger Dijkstra Balls Copy Share Image
In this respect a program is like a poem: you cannot write a poem without writing it. Yet people talk about programming… — Edsger Dijkstra Book Copy Share Image
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try… — Edsger Dijkstra Blunt Copy Share Image
It used to be the program's purpose to instruct our computers; it became the computer's purpose to execute our programs. — Edsger Dijkstra Computer Copy Share Image
...Simplifications have had a much greater long-range scientific impact than individual feats of ingenuity. The opportunity for simplification is very encouraging, because… — Edsger Dijkstra Achieve Copy Share Image
There is very little point in trying to urge the world to mend its ways as long as that world is still… — Edsger Dijkstra Adequate Copy Share Image
Industry suffers from the managerial dogma that for the sake of stability and continuity, the company should be independent of the competence… — Edsger Dijkstra Business Copy Share Image
The problems of the real world are primarily those you are left with when you refuse to apply their effective solutions. — Edsger Dijkstra Left Copy Share Image
… what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names — otherwise you… — Edsger Dijkstra Analysis Copy Share Image
Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what it is,… — Edsger Dijkstra Achieve Copy Share Image
If you want more effective programmers, you will discover that they should not waste their time debugging, they should not introduce the… — Edsger Dijkstra Bugs Copy Share Image
The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called 'life', expects only training as sketched… — Edsger Dijkstra Circus Copy Share Image
The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in… — Edsger Dijkstra Approach Copy Share Image
