From: jim Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 21:30:56 +0000 (-0500) Subject: add too-good Dijkstra quote X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=3763fa71a4e5c57eb20844f7ddcd5fb1d47f9077 add too-good Dijkstra quote --- diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index 9b53396a..ac3c7cc2 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ course is to enable you to make these tools your own; to have enough understanding of them to recognize them in use, use them yourself at least in simple ways, and to be able to read more about them when appropriate. +"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -- [E. W. Dijkstra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra) (or Hal Abelson, or Michael Fellows; the quote's origins are murky) + + [[More about the topics and larger themes of the course|overview]]