26 Sep
2014
26 Sep
'14
1:13 p.m.
> I wonder what Djikstra would have said about
them.
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, geneb wrote:
Well considering what he's said about Basic and
the fact that two
different dialects of Basic pay my mortage quite well, he's invited to
kiss my ass. :)
I taught COBOL exactly once (our department chair believed that each
teacher should be able to teach every course). When I started my first
lecture, on the blackboard was Djikstra's quote:
"The use of COBOL cripples the mind.
It's teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense."
I have an alibi.