Dijkstra's mother asked the very same question. The story can be found somewhere in the EWD archives[1]. [1] http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/ http://www.cs.utexa

Dijkstra's mother asked the very same question. The story can be found somewhere in the EWD archives[1]. [1] http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/ http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/