William Wulf Quotes

William Allan Wulf is a computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers. Until June 2012, he was a University Professor and the AT&T Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. December 1939
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William Wulf Quotes

“More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity.”

"A Case Against the GOTO," Proceedings of the 25th National ACM Conference, August 1972, pp. 791-97.

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