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Worth reading Alan Kay's take on that quote: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11796926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11796926

• bitwize 3y ago
  I have a lot of respect for Dijkstra myself, and quoted Kay with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
  • Jtsummers 3y ago
    Fair, but reading some of the other commenters here they have no respect for him and likely a great ignorance of his contributions to the field.