Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians. Edsger Dijkstra Read Quote
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. Edsger Dijkstra Read Quote
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. Edsger Dijkstra Read Quote
Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California. Edsger Dijkstra Read Quote
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! Edsger Dijkstra Read Quote
