I wish we'd cut the Dijkstra worship way the heck back, especially in this case. Kemeny and Kurtz were/are fantastic people who not only introduced a large gen

I wish we'd cut the Dijkstra worship way the heck back, especially in this case. Kemeny and Kurtz were/are fantastic people who not only introduced a large generation to programming, but brought timesharing services to so many along with a supportive, embracing culture. Reading anything about the Dartmouth computing culture in the 60s makes this very clear. Dijkstra on the other hand was a jerk, prone to making snarky nasty comments about so many things while being sweet to people's faces (e.g. the Backus letters). Beyond an algorithm or two and an OS that few remember or care about, snark is Dijkstra's legacy.