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Programming Languages Quotes by Edsger Dijkstra
- APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection.
- We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremendous difficulty, provided that we…
- 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.…
- Are you quite sure that all those bells and whistles, all those wonderful facilities of your so called powerful programming languages, belong to the solution…
More Programming Languages Quotes
- A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. — Alan Perlis
- When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop. — Alan Perlis
- The most powerful programming language is Lisp. If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful… — Richard Stallman
- It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead… — Nathaniel Borenstein
- It's kind of pathetic actually that we are all sitting here talking about Forth. It is not the wave of the future.… — Charles H. Moore
- C has all the expressive power of two dixie cups and a string. — Jamie Zawinski
- APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. — Edsger Dijkstra
- The greatest single programming language ever designed — Alan Kay