Dijkstra - was: [Oberon] Reiser - Wirth book

[Bob Walkden]

> Hi Bob,
> 
> [...]
> > Good luck with that. Experience has taught me that Dijkstra was right
> > about COBOL.
> 
> just curious, what did Dijkstra say about COBOL, I know his nice sentence:
> 
> 	The tools we use hav a profound (and devious!)
> 	influence on our thinking.
> 

2 things: 'the use of COBOL cripples the mind', and 'COBOL is for morons'.

B