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[Daniel Keep]

JEMandy wrote:
> Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists at gmail.com> wrote in news:fgojbo$2ip8$1
> @digitalmars.com:
> 
>> BCS wrote:
>> Clearly, people are no longer listening to Dijkstra :P
> 
> Please relieve me of my ignorance:  What did did Dijkstra say that is being 
> ignored here?
> 

"It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that
have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are
mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."

 -- Edsger W. Dijkstra