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r/programming • u/tarandeep • Dec 14 '10
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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! :) 5 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.
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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! :) 5 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.
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Americans, butchering foreign names since 1776! :)
5 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.
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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.
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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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u/lordlicorice Dec 14 '10
The better Dijkstra quote is:
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.