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Re:Why is the dropout rate so high for Computer Science? by sova on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:28PM (#22983421)
So your professor was Dijkstra?
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Re:Why is the dropout rate so high for Computer Science? by sky_rw on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:37PM (#22983467)
There was a non sarcastic asshole way of pointing out that this quote should be attributed to Dijkstra. Maybe try it out next time.
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Re:Why is the dropout rate so high for Computer Science? by sova on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:54PM (#22991039)
Pardon the transgression.

The full quote reads "Computer science is not about machines, in the same way that astronomy is not about telescopes. There is an essential unity of mathematics and computer science" and is disputatively attributed to Mike Fellows and Dijkstra although Fellows also indicates Dijkstra said it in a '93 publication.

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