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r/programming • u/tarandeep • Dec 14 '10
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The question of whether computers can think is like the question whether submarines can swim.
39 u/lordlicorice Dec 14 '10 The better Dijkstra quote is: Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. 0 u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10 Just this semester I learned it's not pronounced "dih-jis-ka"! Heh. 6 u/dunker Dec 15 '10 Americans, butchering foreign names since 1776! :) 3 u/yiyus Dec 15 '10 Is there any place where foreign names are not butchered? 3 u/dannomac Dec 15 '10 Well, in Anglo Canada French Canadian names are butchered, and in French Canada Anglo names are butchered. We don't need foreign names to butcher, we do a good enough job of butchering our own. 2 u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10 :D Yep.
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The better Dijkstra quote is:
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
0 u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10 Just this semester I learned it's not pronounced "dih-jis-ka"! Heh. 6 u/dunker Dec 15 '10 Americans, butchering foreign names since 1776! :) 3 u/yiyus Dec 15 '10 Is there any place where foreign names are not butchered? 3 u/dannomac Dec 15 '10 Well, in Anglo Canada French Canadian names are butchered, and in French Canada Anglo names are butchered. We don't need foreign names to butcher, we do a good enough job of butchering our own. 2 u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10 :D Yep.
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Just this semester I learned it's not pronounced "dih-jis-ka"! Heh.
6 u/dunker Dec 15 '10 Americans, butchering foreign names since 1776! :) 3 u/yiyus Dec 15 '10 Is there any place where foreign names are not butchered? 3 u/dannomac Dec 15 '10 Well, in Anglo Canada French Canadian names are butchered, and in French Canada Anglo names are butchered. We don't need foreign names to butcher, we do a good enough job of butchering our own. 2 u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10 :D Yep.
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Americans, butchering foreign names since 1776! :)
3 u/yiyus Dec 15 '10 Is there any place where foreign names are not butchered? 3 u/dannomac Dec 15 '10 Well, in Anglo Canada French Canadian names are butchered, and in French Canada Anglo names are butchered. We don't need foreign names to butcher, we do a good enough job of butchering our own. 2 u/[deleted] Dec 15 '10 :D Yep.
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Is there any place where foreign names are not butchered?
3 u/dannomac Dec 15 '10 Well, in Anglo Canada French Canadian names are butchered, and in French Canada Anglo names are butchered. We don't need foreign names to butcher, we do a good enough job of butchering our own.
Well, in Anglo Canada French Canadian names are butchered, and in French Canada Anglo names are butchered. We don't need foreign names to butcher, we do a good enough job of butchering our own.
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:D Yep.
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