Cobol Quote by Edsger Dijkstra Download Open image “Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.” — Edsger Dijkstra ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cobol Crime Criminals Education Ought Teaching
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
School is now a place where punishment and discipline are prioritized over serving students and educating them. Any moment where a student falls outside… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
Throughout human history the waste of mind has been appalling, and, as this story is meant to show, society has conspired to promote it.… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Let the punishment fit the crime,' goes the saying. Our criminal justice system - to a large degree - meets this standard. — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
When you teach your students that it's "economically rational" to commit crimes where the fines for misconduct are lower than the expected return on… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“It may sound cruel...but...what makes a criminal is a disposition toward cruelty, a laziness and impatience that lead to taking from others, and cynicism… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
For the offense with a child putin the jail of crime of getting admission in school there are a large criminal education that how… — Mak_786 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
Real programmers don't write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN. — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
COBOL unlike other languages is the most modern, because.... it has a lot of PICTURES! — Lkk Copy Share Image
