About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Don’t compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons. — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection. — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in california. — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings. — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called “life” — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
The use of cobol cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. — Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
