The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim. - Edsger W. Dijkstra

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The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim.

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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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Some people found error messages they couldn't ignore more annoying than wrong results, and, when judging the relative merits of programming languages, some still seem to equate "the ease of programming" with the ease of making undetected mistakes.

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