Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. ✨ How do we tell truths th…

Edsger Dijkstra
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. ✨ How do we tell truths that might hurt? by Edsger Dijkstra, www.cs.virginia.edu. June 18, 1975.
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