Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.
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About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.Edsger Dijkstra
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
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Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.
Edsger Dijkstra
Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.
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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
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