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Posted by dorayme on 04/21/07 00:31
In article <slrnf2goqg.5hq.spamspam@bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
> Some wise quotes from Dijkstra:
>
> Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
>
> The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own
> skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids
> clever tricks like the plague.
>
> How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity --
> in short: what mathematicians call "elegance" -- are not a dispensable
> luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure
Wise indeed. Funny how they are so easily ignored, not only in
programming, but in many other earthly endeavours.
--
dorayme
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