Edsger Dijkstra

A computer scientist.

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4 quotations — all marked as Serious.

  1. Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
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  2. It is not the task of the University to offer what society asks for, but to give what society needs.
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  3. The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
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  4. We must be very careful when we give advice to younger people.
    Sometimes, they follow it.
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