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Quote by Edsger Dijkstra

“Experience does by no means automatically leads to wisdom and understanding.”

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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

“The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence of this change is the emergence of what might best be called procedural epistemology-the study of the structure of knowledge from an imperative point of view, as opposed to the more declarative point of view taken by classical mathematical subjects.”

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Author:Hal Abelson

“We have also obtained a glimpse of another crucial idea about languages and program design. This is the approach of statified design, the notion that a complex system should be structured as a sequence of levels that are described using a sequence of languages. Each level is constructed by combining parts that are regarded as primitive at that level, and the parts constructed at each level are used as primitives at the next level. The language used at each level of a stratified design has primitives, means of combination, and means of abstraction appropriate to that level of detail.”

“Computer Science is a science of abstraction -creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it.”

Problem Learning Computer Creating Models Solve Technique Programming Appropriate Abstraction Computer Programming Computer Science Devising

Author:Alfred Aho

“Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it in the same way twice.”

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Author:Caroline Alexander

“I, myself, have had many failures and I've learned that if you are not failing a lot, you are probably not being as creative as you could be -you aren't stretching your imagination.”

Ifs Imagination Creative Learning Failing I've Learned Programming Be You Stretching Computer Programming Programming Languages Computer Language

Author:John Backus

“The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.”

Firsts Doe Problem Political Language Media Dominant Political Language

Book:Points . .: Interviews, 1974-1994

Source: Points . .: Interviews, 1974-1994

“I can only think that the book is read because it deals with the difficulties of schooling, which do not change. Please note: the difficulties, not the problems. Problems are solved or disappear with the revolving times. Difficulities remain. It will always be difficult to teach well, to learn accurately; to read, write, and count readily and competently; to acquire a sense of history and start one's education or anothers.”

“The sole justification of teaching, of the school itself, is that the student comes out of it able to do something he could not do before. I say do and not know, because knowledge that doesn't lead to doing something new or doing something better is not knowledge at all.”

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Author:Jacques Barzun

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