From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: gerryq@indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn) Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/18 Message-ID: <6ttg0o$9kb$2@news.indigo.ie>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 392373882 References: <6rf59b$2ud$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6rfra4$rul$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <35DBDD24.D003404D@calfp.co.uk> <6sbuod$fra$1@hirame.wwa.com> <904556531.666222@miso.it.uq.edu.au> <6sgror$je8$3@news.indigo.ie> <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6simjo$jnh$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35eeea9b.2174586@news.erols.com> <6sjj7n$3rr$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35f055a5.1431187@news.erols.com> <6sjnlu$83l$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6skfs7$2s6$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35F252DD.5187538@earthlink.net> <6t4dge$t8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6t5mtp$4ho$1@news.indigo.ie> <35FFE58C.5727@ibm.net> <6tqvji$f0k$2@news.indigo.ie> <6ts4d0$2gk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Organization: Indigo Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <6ts4d0$2gk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dewarr@my-dejanews.com wrote: >In article <6tqvji$f0k$2@news.indigo.ie>, > gerryq@indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn) wrote: >> In article <35FFE58C.5727@ibm.net>, bijuthom@ibm.net wrote: >> >> >Reminds me of what Dijkstra told about the effect of COBOL and BASIC on >> >minds: >> > >> >"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be >> >regarded as a criminal offense." >> > >> >"It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to >> >students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers >> >they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration" >> > >> >> One suspects Dijkstra was a poor teacher. >Oh goodness, if "one" suspects that, one sure does not know >what one is talking about :-) > >EWD is a brilliant teacher. I well remember a great evening >in Amsterdam, when he met my wife for the first time, and >gave a quite marvelous demonstration with her of how to >teach about trans-Cantorian infinities in a clear way to >a non-mathematical person. > I don't quite understand how a non-mathematical person would understand trans-Cantorian infinities. It sounds like a non-programming person understanding Cobol. - Gerry ---------------------------------------------------------- gerryq@indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn) ----------------------------------------------------------