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Edsger W. Dijkstra
3 quotes attributed to Edsger W. Dijkstra.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
— Dijkstra on simplicity and reliability · c. 1973 · EWD 355 — ‘On a cultural gap’
If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
— Dijkstra on putting bugs in · c. 1970s
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
— Dijkstra on computers and telescopes · c. 1970