On today's episode of Djikstra quotes

• November 24, 2025
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On today’s episode of Djikstra quotes, we have “knowing how to teach thinking will not imply that each student is also able to learn it.”

What a man.

This is the same guy who said that “most mathematicians are amateur thinkers,” by the way.

Also: “The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching, should therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.”

And lastly: “Projects promoting programming in ’natural language’ are intrinsically doomed to fail.”

Yeah… that one definitely aged well.