"By the mid-1960s, commonly available computer power had increased by roughly a factor of 1,000 while programming ability had not increased proportionately."
Dijkstra described the enormous increase in available computing power and argued that programming capability had failed to keep pace, helping produce what became known as the software crisis. + EWD566 dates to 1976 based on its position in Dijkstra's archive and contemporary trip reports.
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