Dijkstra on natural language programming: intrinsically doomed
examachine · x · 2026-08-27
A historical viewpoint from Edsger W. Dijkstra (June 18, 1975) is cited: Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail.
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