Fun fact about Dijkstra's handwriting: one winter when he was ice skating (which is a popular Dutch pastime when it freezes) he fell and broke his right hand.

Fun fact about Dijkstra's handwriting: one winter when he was ice skating (which is a popular Dutch pastime when it freezes) he fell and broke his right hand. You'd think that would stop him from writing his manuscripts manually for a while, but no. Instead, he taught himself to write left-handed, like a boss.