Besides A Mathematical Inclination, An Exceptionally Good

Perfecting Oneself Is As Much Unlearning As It Is Learning.

In Passing I Draw Attention To Another English Expression Which Often Occurs In Dutch Texts: "the Real World". In Dutch - And I Am Afraid Not In Dutch Alone - Its Usage Is Almost Always A Symptom Of A Violent Anti-intellectualism.

We Must Be Very Careful When We Give Advice To Younger People; Sometimes They Follow It!

[though Computer Science Is A Fairly New Discipline, It Is Predominantly Based On The Cartesian World View. As Edsgar W. Dijkstra Has Pointed Out] A Scientific Discipline Emerges With The - Usually Rather Slow! - Discovery Of Which Aspects Can Be Meaningfully 'studied' In Isolation For The Sake Of Their Own Consistency.

The Ability Of Discerning High Quality Unavoidably Implies The Ability Of Identifying Shortcomings.