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I feel this is an instance of prof.dr. Edsger W.Dijkstra just being mean. If one works more on pigeon-hole principles you end up with Ramsey Theory, which cover
by jmount 6y ago
I feel this is an instance of prof.dr. Edsger W.Dijkstra just being mean. If one works more on pigeon-hole principles you end up with Ramsey Theory, which covers some amazing results.
- joe_the_user 6y agoYeah, this feel like a comment that might have been OK at a cocktail party or made offhand in the middle of an essay on something else. Sure, maybe, in some instances, some people, might, perhaps make a little too much out of using the pigeon hole principle. But here, he make too much out of that situation.
- pinewurst 6y agoIt wouldn’t be the only one. Review his archived papers and they’re well salted with snark.
- jimhefferon 6y ago"Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstra's" - Alan Kay (https://youtu.be/9KivesLMncs https://youtu.be/9KivesLMncs) (I usually like Dijkstra's works but the quote does make a person smile.)