In his Turing Award lecture "The Humber Programmer" he expresses this sentiment.
"the tools we are trying to use and the language or notation we are using to express or record our thoughts, are the major factors determining what we can think or express at all!" You all may enjoy listening to him! https://youtu.be/jDvaEiK__B8?list=PL99C1C9F94FB8FA4B&t=127 The above clip is positioned at "Now for the fifth argument." if you just want to read the relevant paragraph in the transcription below: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD03xx/EWD340.html Finally, I very much doubt he would have liked C! > On Dec 3, 2020, at 12:50 AM, Lucio De Re <lucio.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ewd498 - should suffice for a search. > cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/index00xx.html seems an interesting place to look. > > And I may have paraphrased Dijkstra more strongly than he would have > intended, but I'm sure he'll forgive me. > > Lucio. > > On 12/3/20, Mart Zirnask <martzirn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> PS: I concur with the late Dijkstra that the programming language(s) >>> you learn shape(s) your ability to construct abstractions in your >>> mind. We're kind of safe for as long as C remains the base language >>> for development. All bets are off when Objective C takes over. >> >> Would you mind posting a link to the manuscript/transcript of the >> essay where he discusses this? >> >> Thanks, >> Mart > > > -- > Lucio De Re > 2 Piet Retief St > Kestell (Eastern Free State) > 9860 South Africa > > Ph.: +27 71 471 3694 > Cell: +27 83 251 5824 ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T3fd028fcf2eeb24c-M1128d932a79d53537e8d3e73 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
