It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students tha…

Edsger Dijkstra
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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 (2012). Selected Writings on Computing: A personal Perspective, p.130, Springer Science & Business Media
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