Programming In Basic Causes Brain

It Is Not The Task Of The University To Offer What Society Asks For, But To Give What Society Needs.

Simplicity Is Prerequisite For Reliability.

[though Computer Science Is A Fairly New Discipline, It Is Predominantly Based On The Cartesian World View. As Edsgar W. Dijkstra Has Pointed Out] A Scientific Discipline Emerges With The - Usually Rather Slow! - Discovery Of Which Aspects Can Be Meaningfully 'studied' In Isolation For The Sake Of Their Own Consistency.

Many Mathematicians Derive Part Of Their Self-esteem By Feeling Themselves The Proud Heirs Of A Long Tradition Of Rational Thinking; I Am Afraid They Idealize Their Cultural Ancestors.

Production Speed Is Severely Slowed Down If One Works With Half-time People Who Have Other Obligations As Well. This Is At Least A Factor Of Four; Probably It Is Worse.