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When we had no computers, we had no programming problem either. When we had a few computers, we had a mild programming problem. Confronted with machines a million times as powerful, we are faced with a gigantic programming problem.

Edsger Dijkstra
Powerful, Machines, Computer
"Visuals for BP's Venture Research Conference" by Edsger Dijkstra, www.cs.utexas.edu. June 5, 1986.
When we had no computers, we had no programming problem either. When we had a few computers, we had a mild programming problem. Confronted with machines a million times as powerful, we are faced with a gigantic