> I disagree with Dijkstra that it will do any permanent damage Dijkstra's quote about people who learned programming with BASIC being beyond repair is obvious

> I disagree with Dijkstra that it will do any permanent damage Dijkstra's quote about people who learned programming with BASIC being beyond repair is obviously hyperbole, but given the number of programmers he taught, I'd assume he was seeing some significant difference that was important enough to prompt his statement.