Edsger Wybe Dijkstra papers, 1971-1979.

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Edsger Wybe Dijkstra papers, 1971-1979.

Collection contains articles Dijkstra wrote about all aspects of the programming field. These are arranged by number, with an index that lists the titles of each of these articles. The collection also contains a piece Dijkstra wrote for Communications of the ACM (Oct. 1972 - Vol.15, #10) entitled "The Humble Programmer." There is also a very small amount of correspondence regarding the articles Dijkstra wrote.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7812534

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Dijkstra, Edsger Wybe

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Edsger W. Dikjstra was originally from Holland, and while working his way through college, decided to devote more time to programming and less to theoretical physics, eventually becoming a early programmer in the just-developing profession. He was a professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. It isn't very clear what his connection was to Burroughs. From the description of Edsger Wybe Dijkstra papers, 1971-1979. (University of Minnesota, Min...