On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science by prof. dr. Edsger W. Dijkstra:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html
I think the issue is that driving is a process of tiny course corrections, where if you’re slightly off course you don’t die. But, programs are fragile. One bit wrong and you die.
On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science by prof. dr. Edsger W. Dijkstra:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html
I think the issue is that driving is a process of tiny course corrections, where if you’re slightly off course you don’t die. But, programs are fragile. One bit wrong and you die.