#EdsgerDijkstra “The Humble Programmer”

“He argues that programming is the only activity in which humans have two master nine orders of magnitude of difference between the lowest level of detail, and the highest.“ — #CodeComplete #SteveMcConnell, page 771.

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https://youtu.be/6sIlKP2LzbA

The humble programmer": this is one of my favorite lecture by one of my favorite computer scientists, Edsger W. Dijkstra (I'm infinitely grateful to the person who let me discover it some time ago!).

"The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague."
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD03xx/EWD340.html

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"a colourful – if sometimes difficult and opinionated – and well-respected man". Dingen die ze alleen over (vroegere) academici zeggen. In dit geval over #edsgerdijkstra

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes
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