What did Edsger Dijkstra mean by: A programming language is a tool that has profound influence on our thinking habits. - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands Copy
+ Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning. Feraz Zeid, July 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Edsger Dijkstra, Oneself, 0 - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands
+ Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edsger Dijkstra, Elegance, Failure, Success, 0 - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands
+ Beauty is our business. Feraz Zeid, August 12, 2023December 12, 2023, Edsger Dijkstra, Programming, 0 - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands
+ When building sand castles on the beach, we can ignore the waves but should watch the tide. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edsger Dijkstra, Beach, 0 - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands
+ We must be very careful when we give advice to younger people; sometimes they follow it! Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edsger Dijkstra, Advice, Caution, Influence, 0 - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands
+ Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edsger Dijkstra, Misconception, Technology, 0 - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands
+ Brainpower is by far our scarcest resource. Feraz Zeid, June 8, 2023December 12, 2023, Edsger Dijkstra, Resources, 0 - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands
+ Thank goodness we don’t have only serious problems, but ridiculous ones as well. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edsger Dijkstra, Humor, Perspective, 0 - Edsger Dijkstra Computer Scientist · Netherlands
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
