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author | Abigail <abigail@abigail.be> | 2019-01-20 03:44:48 +0100 |
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committer | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2019-03-28 13:45:12 +0000 |
commit | af4e5e56755c3cb700cff8d4c8b162beb29a0b8e (patch) | |
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Epigraph for 5.29.7
(cherry picked from commit 7316d0a0ff06a9b808154379a3aad56c9b8c18a3)
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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<Announced on 2019-01-20 by Abigail|https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2019/01/msg253444.html> + +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<Announced on 2018-12-18 by Abigail|https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2018/12/msg253187.html> |