Edsger W. Dijkstra





Edsger W. Dijkstra

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Average rating: 4.07 · 67 ratings · 17 reviews · 7 distinct works
A Discipline of Programming
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions
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Selected Writings on Comput...
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1982
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A Method of Programming
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988
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On the cruelty of teaching ...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988
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Predicate Calculus and Prog...
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2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions
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primer of ALGOL 60 programm...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1962
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Formal Development of Progr...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990
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“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.”
Edsger W. Dijkstra

“The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.”
Edsger W. Dijkstra

“Your obligation is that of active participation. You should not act as knowledge-absorbing sponges, but as whetstones on which we can all sharpen our wits”
Edsger W. Dijkstra



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