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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/ravenonthill/statuses/111457076434395331">Raven Onthill (ravenonthill@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 14:30:41 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ravenonthill" title="ravenonthill@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/79735-48-20221224040942.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Raven Onthill" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Raven Onthill</a><div><a href="https://canada.masto.host/@graydon/111454858630029943" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/85354" title="graydon@canada.masto.host">Graydon</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/170621" title="edmistond@fosstodon.org">David Edmiston</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://canada.masto.host/@graydon">@graydon</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@edmistond">@edmistond</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@mnl">@mnl</a> "Instead of regarding the obligation to use formal symbols as a burden, we should regard the convenience of using them as a privilege: thanks to them, school children can learn to do what in earlier days only genius could achieve." - Dijkstra</p><p>He was criticizing the idea of programming in natural languages. Now that that has arrived, it is clear he was right.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2364580#notice-4673192">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-11-23T14:30:41+09:00" title="Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 14:30:41 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ravenonthill/111457076434395331" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ravenonthill/111457076434395331">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Raven Onthill (ravenonthill@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 14:30:41 JSTRaven Onthill
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@graydon @edmistond @mnl "Instead of regarding the obligation to use formal symbols as a burden, we should regard the convenience of using them as a privilege: thanks to them, school children can learn to do what in earlier days only genius could achieve." - Dijkstra
He was criticizing the idea of programming in natural languages. Now that that has arrived, it is clear he was right.
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