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“Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.”

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Edsger Dijkstra

Edsger Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist known for his contributions to algorithms and programming language design. His work in graph theory, algorithm analysis, and formal methods had a profound impact on the field of computer science. more

“We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremendous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsic limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers.”

Mind Humans Jobs Language Approach Tasks Difficulty Sticks Appreciation Humble Limitation Programming Human Mind Modest Elegant Programmers Programming Languages

Author:Edsger Dijkstra

“FORTRAN, the infantile disorder, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today: it is now too clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use.”

Years Mind Use Today Computer Expensive Programming Disorder Application Inadequate Programming Languages Clumsy Computer Language Infantile

Book:Selected Writings on Computing: A personal Perspective

Source: Selected Writings on Computing: A personal Perspective

“Thanks to the greatly improved possibility of communication, we overrate its importance. Even stronger, we underrate the importance of isolation.”

Possibility Communication Importance Stronger Thanks Isolation

Author:Edsger Dijkstra

“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.”

Matter Hard Virtue Achieve Hard Work Appreciate Sells Simplicity Complexity Programming Elegance Simplicity And Elegance

Author:Edsger Dijkstra

“If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent."”

Ifs Should Wish Lines Learning Computer Regard Code Programming Computer Programming

Author:Edsger Dijkstra

“No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're all too busy thinking bad things about themselves.”

Thinking Busy Bad Things Too Busy

Author:Patrick Stump

“Stray thought for the day: Putting boundaries on how punk should sound/look is the least punk rock thing one can do. Be yourself=Very punk.”

Should Looks Sound Can Do Rocks Boundaries Being Yourself Punk Punk Rock Thought Of The Day

Author:Patrick Stump

“Be yourself! Love your mom, but if she's trying to get you to be someone you're not, she's in the wrong”

Ifs Trying Love You Mom Self Love Being Yourself Your Mom

Author:Patrick Stump

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