If you want more effective programmers, you will discover t… - Edsger W. Dijkstra

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If you want more effective programmers, you will discover that they should not waste their time debugging, they should not introduce the bugs to start with.

Edsger W. Dijkstra

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About Edsger W. Dijkstra

Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, mathematician, and science essayist.

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Native Name: Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

Alternative Names: Dijkstra • E. W. Dijkstra • Edsger Dijkstra • EWD

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