Directory of Dijkstra, Edsger Resources

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Professor Edsger Wybe Dijkstra. Born May 30, 1930 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Died August 6, 2002 Nuenen, the Netherlands. Dijkstra was an algorithm researcher and inventor, creator/initiator of Structured Programming, Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences, Professor of Mathematics, University of Leyden, won 1972 ACM Turing Award.

Subcategories

• Algol 60
• Structured Programming

Resources in This Category

• E.W. Dijkstra Archive

  http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/
  Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra, a collection of over 1,300 written works, famously known as EWDs. Also, In Pursuit of Simplicity symposium. Format: PDF.

• Edsger Dijkstra

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_Dijkstra
  Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]

• Edsger Dijkstra: RIP

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/08/edsger_dijkstra_rip/
  Obituary by Andrew Orlowski, The Register.

• How Do We Tell Truths That Might Hurt?

  http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/ewd498.html
  Short, tongue-in-cheek essay by Edsger Dijkstra on old problems in programming, many of which are embarrassingly still with us: criticizes APL, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, PL/I, natural language programming.

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