Hope Quote by Edsger Dijkstra Download Open image “Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration.” — Edsger Dijkstra ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Hope Programmers Programming Regeneration
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
“The genes are master programmers, and they are programming for their lives.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Engineer's are retarded. They have some kind of brain damage that allows them to not have social skills so that they could concentrate long… — Jim Reekes Copy Share Image
Humans make mistakes. Programmers are bound to make mistakes. Hackers, you can bet your life, are going to be there to exploit those mistakes. — Michael Demon Calce Copy Share Image
Even though I had the talent, programming just didn't feel right. I never considered it very seriously. Some people get gratification from bending a… — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
Programmers seem to be changing the world. It would be a relief, for them and for all of us, if they knew something about… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
“The ability to violate our own programming is what makes us us. It's what makes us like them. I never wanted to be like… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
Production speed is severely slowed down if one works with half-time people who have other obligations as well. This is at least a factor… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Probably I am very naive, but I also think I prefer to remain so, at least for the time being and perhaps for the… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
In the good old days physicists repeated each other's experiments, just to be sure. Today they stick to FORTRAN, so that they can share… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
The use of anthropomorphic terminology forces you linguistically to adopt an operational view. And it makes it practically impossible to argue about programs independently… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Please don't fall into the trap of believing that I am terribly dogmatical about [the goto statement]. I have the uncomfortable feeling that others… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Several people have told me that my inability to suffer fools gladly is one of my main weaknesses. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
“Cine a ucis stelele? Cine a surpat drumul spre viitor al celor din morminte?” — Ionel Teodoreanu Copy Share Image
“What can we do in any hardship? We can hope with prayerful praise.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“too—I realized that my only hope was to give up the life that had been, in order to make room for the life that… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Give me love, give me peace on earth, give me light, give me life, keep me free from birth, give me hope, help me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
I am at a point in my life where everything I have worked for starts to look like a burden, a weight on my… — Simone Abou Samra Copy Share Image
