From 7316d0a0ff06a9b808154379a3aad56c9b8c18a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abigail Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 03:44:48 +0100 Subject: Epigraph for 5.29.7 --- Porting/epigraphs.pod | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) (limited to 'Porting') diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index 93884f2ded..7c4a402fa2 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,25 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.29.7 - Edsger W. Dijkstra: "Programming Considered as a Human Activity", IFIP Congress, New York, 1965. + +L + +When I became acquainted with the notion of algorithmic languages I +never challenged the then prevailing notion that the problems of +language design and implementation were mostly a question of +compromises: every new convenience for the user had to be paid for +by the implementation, either in the form of increased trouble +during translation, or during execution or during both. Well, we +are most certainly not living in Heaven and I am not going to deny +the possibility of a conflict between convenience and efficiency, +but now I do protest when this conflict is presented as a complete +summing up of the situation. I am of the opinion that is worth-while +to investigate what extent the needs of Man and Machine go hand in +hand and to see what techniques we can devise of the benefit of all +of us. I trust that this investigation will bear fruits and if this +talk made some of you share this fervent hope, it has achieved its aim. + =head2 v5.29.6 - Rudyard Kipling: "How the Camel Got His Hump" L -- cgit v1.2.1