The world is full of excellent programmers who learned BASIC as a first language. I've met a few that believe Dijkstra but consider themselves the rare excepti

The world is full of excellent programmers who learned BASIC as a first language. I've met a few that believe Dijkstra but consider themselves the rare exception. It's worth noting that this was probably a quip and not a serious statement and Dijkstra probably took less stock in it than those who repeated the news as gospel.