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Edsger Wybe Dijkstra: 1930-2002

Posted by michael on from the goto-end dept.

Order writes "Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, one of the founding fathers of computer science and the author of the famous "Go To Considered Harmful", has died on Aug. 6, 2002 after a long struggle with cancer."

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  1. Re:Final GOTO by Turing+Machine · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll bet he gets there by the shortest path.

  2. Quotes by dargaud · · Score: 5, Funny
    For memory:
    "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim." - Edsgar W. Dijkstra.
    "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense." - E.W. Dijkstra.
    "In the good old days physicists repeated each other's experiments, just to be sure. Today they stick to FORTRAN, so that they can share each other's programs, bugs included." - E.W. Dijkstra.
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  3. Re:Some quotes of Edsger Dijkstra by swordboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself, "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well that would be enough immortality for me"

    Was he still talking about programming here?

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  4. Re:I like Spaghetti Code by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like spaghetti code.

    Come on, Taco. Post under your own name.

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