"APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection." — Edsger Dijkstra

"APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection."

— Edsger Dijkstra

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73 Quotes by Edsger Dijkstra

Edsger Dijkstra has 73 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what…
I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I…
Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great…
The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can…
Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable…
In the good old days physicists repeated each other's experiments, just to be sure. Today they stick to FORTRAN, so…
The tools we use have a profound and devious influence on our thinking habits, and therefore on our thinking abilities.
We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its…
FORTRAN, the infantile disorder, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in…

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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Augustine
The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left… — Mikhail Bakunin
They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were… — Afrika Bambaataa
Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that… — Ernie Banks
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps… — James M. Barrie
I planted my self in the middle of a great many Glasses full of Dew, tied fast about me, upon… — Cyrano de Bergerac
I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night. — Halle Berry
Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human… — John Boehner
I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people. — Edmund Burke
I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months… — Alan Alda
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They… — George W. Bush
The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone.… — George W. Bush

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