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Edsger Dijkstra
Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
MUF Mastery: Edsger W. Dijkstra
Brief biography with perceptive editorial comments.
Edsger W. Dijkstra Papers, 1971-1979
Burroughs Corporation Records: large, impressive list of articles and reports Dijkstra wrote about all aspects of programming; most written while a research fellow for Burroughs, Netherlands.
E.W. Dijkstra Archive
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.
How Do We Tell Truths That Might Hurt?
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.
Edsger Dijkstra: RIP
Obituary by Andrew Orlowski, The Register.
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