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“Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.”
 
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Edsger Dijkstra
 
Name:   Edsger Dijkstra
 
Nationality:   Dutch
 
Date of Birth:   May 11, 1930
 
Date of Death:   Aug 6,  2002
 
Profession:   Scientist
 
 
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Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.
 
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Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.
 
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Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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