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Probably originally attributed to Alan Kay: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Edsger_W._Dijkstra https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Edsger_W._Dijkstra Quote:
by ak39 11y ago
Probably originally attributed to Alan Kay: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Edsger_W._Dijkstra https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Edsger_W._Dijkstra
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I found an amusing quote from Alan Kay on Dijkstra, from his 1997 OOPSLA keynote: 'I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.' [audience laughter][1]. --24.184.131.16 20:06, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoyw8LHGtzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoyw8LHGtzk
- spacecowboy_lon 11y agoI used to work at BT with a (very good) DBA who's first boss was Dijkstra