It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC. As potential programmers, they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.

• 教一群被BASIC先入为主的学生，什么是好的编程风格简直是一件不可能的事。对于一些有潜力的程序员，他们所受到的智力上的伤害远远超过了重建他们的信心。