20 Years Ago Today: Dijkstra's "On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science"cs.utexas.edu 7 pointsmichael_dorfman17 years ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−apstuff17yThanks for posting this Michael (saw it on /. too). A much better read than the terrorism submissions that seem to be showing up here lately.A title correction however: Should be 'Computing' Science. I might be wrong but I think Dijkstra drew a deliberate distinction between the two.The precision of his words is refreshing.−michael_dorfmanOP17yThanks for the correction.
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Thanks for posting this Michael (saw it on /. too). A much better read than the terrorism submissions that seem to be showing up here lately.
A title correction however: Should be 'Computing' Science. I might be wrong but I think Dijkstra drew a deliberate distinction between the two.
The precision of his words is refreshing.
Thanks for the correction.