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Thinking Quotes by Edsger Dijkstra
- Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the…
- Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.
- The tools we use have a profound and devious influence on our thinking habits, and therefore on our thinking abilities.
- Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize…
- 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.…
- 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…
- The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.
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