I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.

  • -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra 艾兹格·迪科斯彻

我明确地提到了非竞争精神,因为如今,卓越是一个时髦的概念。但卓越是一个竞争的概念,而这不是我们追求的:我们追求完美。

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I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class.

我宁愿花一周的时间去调查,也不愿花一周的时间去上流社会,即使是在最好的阶层。

I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!

我不是想赶时髦。从来没有!