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.
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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.
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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.
Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
Obituary by Andrew Orlowski, The Register.
(August 08, 2002)
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.
(June 18, 1975)
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.
Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
Obituary by Andrew Orlowski, The Register.
(August 08, 2002)
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.
(June 18, 1975)
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