"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability." — Edsger Dijkstra

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. - Edsger Dijkstra

"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability."

— 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…
APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection.
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…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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