Quote by Edsger Dijkstra
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students

It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. – Edsger Dijkstra

Other quotes by Edsger Dijkstra

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. – Edsger Dijkstra

Category:
Swimming
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
good
category

Lifes pretty good, and why wouldnt it be? Im a pirate, after all. – Johnny Depp

Category:
good

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the authors soul. – Aldous Huxley

Category:
good

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. – Thomas J. Watson

Category:
good

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. – Fred Astaire

Category:
good

Random Quotes

Every mans dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands. – Jerry Lewis

Category:
funny

Character matters leadership descends from character. – Rush Limbaugh

Category:
Leadership

I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh – it was just amazing. – Naima Adedapo

Category:
amazing

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. – James Branch Cabell

Category:
Memory