E. W. Dijkstra


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

     PL/1, "the fatal disease", belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.

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

[From EWD483, "Exercises in Making Programes Robust"] Warning: The proofreading of the proram text has not been done with the same care I spent on the pages of my book.