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> But we don't have a "Djikstra amnesia" to describe all the times we fall short of the ideals of our own discipline, but forget about that when holding other p
by a1369209993 6y ago
> But we don't have a "Djikstra amnesia" to describe all the times we fall short of the ideals of our own discipline, but forget about that when holding other people to our notional ideals of their disciplines.
Perhaps we should?
(And then, of course, someone can post:
> Nitpick: Its Djikstra amnesia, tptacek's name for Edsger Djikstra's amnesiatic behavior, not an effect discovered or promoted by Djikstra.
when it eventually gets rounded to "Djikstra effect".)
- tptacek 6y agoI will commit to correcting anyone who attributes a "Djikstra amnesia effect" to Djikstra.
- grzm 6y agoIs it Djikstra’s Amnesia forgetting his name is Dijkstra?
- tptacek 6y agoThat too!
- a1369209993 6y agoEmbarrassingly, I double-checked the spelling on "Edsger", but still didn't catch that.
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