Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for "the average programmer" — you must not fall into the trap of rejecting a surgical technique because it is beyond the capabilities of the barber in his shop around the corner.


Dijkstra (1975) Comments at a Symposium (EWD 512).

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Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average programmer ...

Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average programmer ...

Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average programmer ...

Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average programmer ...