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Learning Quotes by Edsger Dijkstra
- Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.
- A most important, but also most elusive, aspect of any tool is its influence on the habits of those who train themselves in its use.…
- John von Neumann draws attention to what seemed to him a contrast. He remarked that for simple mechanisms, it is often easier to describe how…
- ...our intellectual powers are rather geared to master static relations and that our powers to visualize processes evolving in time are relatively poorly developed. For…
- We are all shaped by the tools we use, in particular: the formalisms we use shape our thinking habits, for better or for worse, and…
- Yes, I share your concern: how to program well -though a teachable topic- is hardly taught. The situation is similar to that in mathematics, where…
- Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.
- Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.
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- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov