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# Edsger Dijkstra

(1930–2002)   Mathematician

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Edsger Dijkstra was a mathematician, best known for *Structured Programming*.

## Quick Facts About Edsger Dijkstra

Born May 11, 1930

Died August 6, 2002

Profession Mathematician

Notable works Structured Programming

## About Edsger Dijkstra

Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician and science essayist.

##  Quotes by Edsger Dijkstra · Page 2

> [Thank goodness we don't have only serious problems, but ridiculous ones as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/thank-goodness-we-don-t-have-only-serious-problems-but-ridiculous/)

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> [Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/computer-science-is-no-more-about-computers-than-astronomy-is-about/)

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> [The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-art-of-programming-is-the-art-of-organizing-complexity/)

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> [Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/perfecting-oneself-is-as-much-unlearning-as-it-is-learning/)

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> [Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/mentally-mutilated-potential-programmers-beyond-hope-of-regeneration/)

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> [APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/apl-is-a-mistake-carried-through-to-perfection/)

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> [Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/teaching-cobol-ought-to-be-regarded-as-a-criminal-act/)

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[Cobol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cobol-34190/)

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> [Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/mathematicians-are-like-managers-they-want-improvement-without-change/)

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> [About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/about-the-use-of-language-it-is-impossible-to-sharpen-a-pencil-with-a/)

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> [The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-question-of-whether-a-computer-can-think-is-no-more-interesting/)

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> [Industry suffers from the managerial dogma that for the sake of stability and continuity, the company should be independent of the competence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/industry-suffers-from-the-managerial-dogma-that-for-the-sake-of/)

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> [There is very little point in trying to urge the world to mend its ways as long as that world is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/there-is-very-little-point-in-trying-to-urge-the-world-to-mend-its/)

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> [Too few people recognize that the high technology so celebrated today is essentially a mathematical technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/too-few-people-recognize-that-the-high-technology-so-celebrated-today/)

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> [The problems of the real world are primarily those you are left with when you refuse to apply their effective solutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-problems-of-the-real-world-are-primarily-those-you-are-left-with/)

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> [Several people have told me that my inability to suffer fools gladly is one of my main weaknesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/several-people-have-told-me-that-my-inability-to-suffer-fools-gladly/)

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> [It is not the task of the University to offer what society asks for, but to give what society needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/it-is-not-the-task-of-the-university-to-offer-what-society-asks-for/)

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> [When we had no computers, we had no programming problem either. When we had a few computers, we had a mild programming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/when-we-had-no-computers-we-had-no-programming-problem-either-when-we/)

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> [How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity - in short: what mathematicians call elegance - are not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/how-do-we-convince-people-that-in-programming-simplicity-and-clarity/)

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> [LISP has jokingly been described as "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer." I think that description is a great compliment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/lisp-has-jokingly-been-described-as-the-most-intelligent-way-to/)

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> [I think of the company advertising "Thought Processors" or the college pretending that learning BASIC suffices or at least helps, whereas the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/i-think-of-the-company-advertising-thought-processors-or-the-college/)

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> [It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/it-is-practically-impossible-to-teach-good-programming-to-students/)

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> [The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-traditional-mathematician-recognizes-and-appreciates-mathematical/)

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> [When we take the position that it is not only the programmer's responsibility to produce a correct program but also to demonstrate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/when-we-take-the-position-that-it-is-not-only-the-programmer-s/)

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> [We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremendous difficulty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/we-shall-do-a-much-better-programming-job-provided-that-we-approach/)

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> [Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/computer-science-has-as-much-to-do-with-computers-as-astronomy-has-to/)

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> [The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-computing-scientist-s-main-challenge-is-not-to-get-confused-by/)

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> [Much of the excitement we get out of our work is that we don't really know what we are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/much-of-the-excitement-we-get-out-of-our-work-is-that-we-don-t-really/)

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> [Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/object-oriented-programming-is-an-exceptionally-bad-idea-which-could/)

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> [APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/apl-is-a-mistake-carried-through-to-perfection-it-is-the-language-of/)

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> [The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-ability-of-discerning-high-quality-unavoidably-implies-the/)

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> [Probably I am very naive, but I also think I prefer to remain so, at least for the time being and perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/probably-i-am-very-naive-but-i-also-think-i-prefer-to-remain-so-at/)

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> [The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-purpose-of-abstraction-is-not-to-be-vague-but-to-create-a-new/)

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> [The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-competent-programmer-is-fully-aware-of-the-limited-size-of-his/)

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> [The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/the-use-of-cobol-cripples-the-mind-its-teaching-should-therefore-be/)

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> [Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/programming-is-one-of-the-most-difficult-branches-of-applied/)

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> [If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as 'lines produced' but as 'lines spent.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/if-we-wish-to-count-lines-of-code-we-should-not-regard-them-as-lines/)

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> [Thanks to the greatly improved possibility of communication, we overrate its importance. Even stronger, we underrate the importance of isolation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/thanks-to-the-greatly-improved-possibility-of-communication-we/)

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> [In the software business there are many enterprises for which it is not clear that science can help them; that science should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/in-the-software-business-there-are-many-enterprises-for-which-it-is/)

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> [If you want more effective programmers, you will discover that they should not waste their time debugging, they should not introduce the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/if-you-want-more-effective-programmers-you-will-discover-that-they/)

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> [Production speed is severely slowed down if one works with half-time people who have other obligations as well. This is at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edsger-dijkstra/production-speed-is-severely-slowed-down-if-one-works-with-half-time/)

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