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Edsger Dijkstra
Dutch Scientist
Born: May 11, 1930
Died: Aug 6, 2002
Because Impossible Language Life Mathematics Me
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Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians. Edsger Dijkstra
Mathematics Better Pure Difficult Programming Remain Had Most Mathematicians Branches Poorer Applied
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. Edsger Dijkstra
Think More Computer Computers Question Submarine Than Whether Interesting Swim
The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges. Edsger Dijkstra
Challenges World Something Could Simplified Source Rewarding Suspicion Richest Lurking
There should be no such thing as boring mathematics. Edsger Dijkstra
Mathematics Boring Should Thing
The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics. Edsger Dijkstra
Mathematics Appreciates Consider Further Sees Propose He Step Go Traditional Mathematical Mathematician Essential Clumsy Ingredient Elegance
If 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself: 'Dijkstra would not have liked this', well that would be enough immortality for me. Edsger Dijkstra
Me You Yourself Looking Enough Say Would Would-Be Visualize Immortality Something Dirty Over Liked Well Am Doing Years Quick Shoulders Your Suddenly Now
APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums. Edsger Dijkstra
Future Generation Mistake Language Past Programming Carried Through Perfection New New Generation Bums Creates Coding Techniques
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! Edsger Dijkstra
Absence Never Bugs Testing Used Show Presence Program
Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change. Edsger Dijkstra
Change Like Without Mathematicians Improvement Managers Want
I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection. Edsger Dijkstra
Spirit Excellence Mentioned Perfection Heading Days Concept Because Explicitly Notion Fashionable Competitive
The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings. Edsger Dijkstra
Quality High Ability High-Quality Implies Identifying Discerning Shortcomings
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. Edsger Dijkstra
Long Feeling Thinking Ancestors Rational Part Long Tradition Idealize Self-Esteem Proud Am Tradition Cultural Mathematicians Afraid Themselves Heirs Derive Many
The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called 'life', expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing. Edsger Dijkstra
Life Animal Training Will Nothing Wild Wild Animal Circus Tricks Above Only Students He Disappointed Like Learn His Expects Being Next Being Prepared Standards Prepared

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