On 24-Oct-99 Ehud Lamm wrote:
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> groups Dijkstra suposedly said that you can tell if someone is a good
> programmer by judging their native language skills.
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He wrote in EWD498 (1975):
"Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of
one�s native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer."

(Edsger W. Dijkstra: Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal
Perspective, Springer 1982)

Wilhelm