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> Might have read about them, but highly doubt he run any on computer. Nice goalpost shifting. Anyways, you also neglected that he was a major proponent of str
by Jtsummers 6mo ago
> Might have read about them, but highly doubt he run any on computer.
Nice goalpost shifting. Anyways, you also neglected that he was a major proponent of structured programming and the author of the letter "Go To Statement Considered Harmful". The idea that he would oppose high-level languages is not based in reality. Specific languages, yes, but not because they are high-level as your silly original comment claimed.
- mlajtos 6mo agoI mentioned GOTO in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47975982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47975982 Dijkstra was highly influential in theoretical (proofs, algos) and practical (spec&compiler for Algol60) compuper science. But in reality he used his fountain pen disproportionately more than the computer.