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Cover Quote: December 2010
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There is an enormous difference between one who is monolingual and someone who at least knows a second language well, because it makes you much more conscious about the phenomenon of language structure in general. [...] I was once asked what were the most vital assets of a competent programmer, and I said, at the time, a mathematical inclination and an exceptional mastery of his native tongue. [...] Moreover, but I didn’t know that at the time, research has shown that when people acquire a second language, they never get a greater mastery of it than they have of their own language, their native tongue: that clearly sets the standard for how articulate you are going to be.
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- Edsger W. Dijkstra
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/display.phtml?id=320, 2001
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