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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
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.Edsger Dijkstra
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Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.Edsger Dijkstra
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The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.Edsger Dijkstra
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Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.Edsger Dijkstra
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Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.Edsger Dijkstra