Edsger Dijkstra
I don't need to waste my time with a computer just because I am a computer scientist.Collection: Needs
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.Collection: Powerful
Experience does by no means automatically leads to wisdom and understanding.Collection: Mean
It is not the task of the University to offer what society asks for, but to give what society needs.Collection: Giving
Thanks to the greatly improved possibility of communication, we overrate its importance. Even stronger, we underrate the importance of isolation.Collection: Communication
Thank goodness we don't have only serious problems, but ridiculous ones as well.Collection: Serious
Production speed is severely slowed down if one works with half-time people who have other obligations as well. This is at least a factor of four; probably it is worse.Collection: People
Testing shows the presence, not the absence of bugs.Collection: Bugs