Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for "the average programmer" (Edsger W. Dijkstra)

Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for "the average programmer"

Edsger W. Dijkstra

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