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Knuth also talks about Dijkstra here: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/commemoration/EWD-commemoration-2021.pdf https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/commemor
by janvdberg 5y ago
Knuth also talks about Dijkstra here:
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/commemoration/EWD-commemoration-2021.pdf https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/commemoration/EWD-commem...
- jnwatson 5y agoKnuth: "When I got to step 4, I paused and pretended to be at a loss; I said, “Hmmm. Is it legal to use the words ‘go to’ in this place?” Edsger said, “I saw it coming.”" What an excellent troll! One of Dijkstra's more well-known papers is "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" [1]. 1. https://homepages.cwi.nl/~storm/teaching/reader/Dijkstra68.pdf https://homepages.cwi.nl/~storm/teaching/reader/Dijkstra68.p...
- the-smug-one 5y agoTony Hoare's section was very lovely.