FOM: on subs and witticism

[a@basecamp (+oo) 39 339 454 7204 reply to palma@gmx.co.uk]

 > >  it may be, without taking anything out of Dijkstra's achievements,
that
 > >  the notion that the "idea that computers can think" is analogous
to
 > >  "whether submarines swim" is ot his idea but N.A. Chomsky.
 > > 
 > >  with my sorrow for his death
 > mputer in producing his scholarly output and letters.
 > >  >
 > >  > Dijkstra was notorious for his wit, eloquence, and way with
words, such
 > >  > as in his remark "The question of whether computers can think is
like the
 > >  > question of whether submarines can swim"; 
 > >  >
 >