“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.Quote by Edsger DijkstraTopics: Quotes about Edsger DijkstraShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding...#Edsger Dijkstra
Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had...#Edsger Dijkstra
I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But...#Edsger Dijkstra
Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has...#Edsger Dijkstra
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior...#Edsger Dijkstra
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a...#Edsger Dijkstra
