Dijkstra 1975 quote: Natural language programming is doomed to fail
lauriewired · x · 2026-08-26
A quote from computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra dated June 18, 1975: 'Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail.'
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