Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.

  • -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra 艾兹格·迪科斯彻

程序设计是应用数学中最困难的分支之一;较穷的数学家最好还是纯数学家。

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It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

诚然,仅仅是数学家的人也有某些特定的缺点,但这并不是数学的过错,因为其他任何排他性的职业也有同样的缺点。

We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which have become less classical with classical concerts.

我们也用它做了很多经典的轻编程……很显然……很多柴可夫斯基的音乐,格里格,这些都随着古典音乐会变得不那么古典了。

Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated.

显然,编程课程应该教授设计和构建的方法,并且所选的示例应该能够很好地展示一个渐进的开发过程。

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.

我们搞科学的人被数学的成功宠坏了。数学是研究非常简单的问题,它们有很好的解决方案。