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EWD is apparently Edsger W. Dijkstra for those also unaccustomed to reading him cited by his initials.
by le-mark 2y ago
EWD is apparently Edsger W. Dijkstra for those also unaccustomed to reading him cited by his initials.
- User23 2y agoThe appellation is in some part due to his custom of writing monographs for himself titled EWD-n[1]. They are a fascinating mix of deep mathematical and philosophical insight and curmudgeonly reflective essaying. [1] https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/ https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/
- 082349872349872 2y ago> writing monographs for himself One might almost call it a "blog" if it weren't for the fact that EWD started ~35 years before Frontier NewsPage.