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The really interesting part is IMO this one:

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger.

——On the cruelty of really teaching computing science - E.W. Djikstra

[–] NostraDavid 2 points 2 months ago

That reminds me to read all his public letters (available on the website you just linked) soon. Using TTS, because that's all too much text for my poor brain to handle.