Will "industrial dispute" become Britain's euphemism of the year? cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
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The next two days I was the private guest of Tony Hoare and that, of course, was a great pleasure cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
When Kessels asked me "Are you depressed?", I denied "No, only empty", but in retrospect I think that I lied a little cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
When it was all over I had a beer (in a pub that was noisier than we had intended) cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
The saving grace of my audience was that, though ignorant, it was very bright. cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
the organizer should not be blamed: too many invited bosses had sent one or two of their ignorant subordinates cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
the audience, about 30 people, had a much lower degree of competence than I had been led to expect cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
for lack of blackboard space, I would not try to serve what otherwise would have been a main course cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
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the sessions started only at 10.30 —"So much more convenient for the people from London, you know."—; well, that hurt cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
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I phoned professor Tony Hoare in order to inform him that I had arrived, he came and picked me up cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
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when applied well, mathematical induction can lead to very compact and effective —in short: beautiful!— arguments cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
his "easily managed graphic display system" would be the most severe disservice to program design that I can imagine cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
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One cannot make a picture of "an arbitrary triangle" as soon as one has made it, it has either an obtuse angle or not cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
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The habit of using pictorial aids, like any habit, is very difficult to get rid of. cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
The above should not be interpreted as a recommendation for drinking a glass of sherry before dinner. cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
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I thought about the problem in an easy chair in the living room, while enjoying a glass of sherry before dinner. cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
"Chicken Kiev" of the Northfield Hilton was of the purest plastic that even Sovjet citizens would reject as inedible cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
The differences between vocational training and education, between a presentation and a lecture, are too great cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…
I have never been subjected to vocational training, I have never trained vocationally, and I hardly believe in it. cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/tran…