Edsger Dijkstra Quotes about Teaching

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Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.

Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.

Edsger Dijkstra

Teaching, Criminals, Cobol

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.

Edsger Dijkstra

Witty, Humorous, Teaching

"How do we tell truths that might hurt?" by Edsger Dijkstra, June 18, 1975.

Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.

Edsger Dijkstra

Teaching, Joy, Use

I think of the company advertising "Thought Processors" or the college pretending that learning BASIC suffices or at least helps, whereas the teaching of BASIC should be rated as a criminal offence: it mutilates the mind beyond recovery.

Edsger Dijkstra

Teaching, Recovery, College

"The threats to computing science". Edsger Dijkstra remarks at ACM South Central Regional Conference, www.cs.utexas.edu. November 16-18, 1984.