just for the record: there are lots of brilliant articles in dijkstra's EWDs. i am particularly fond of trip reports (almost always funny), programming language

just for the record: there are lots of brilliant articles in dijkstra's EWDs. i am particularly fond of trip reports (almost always funny), programming language comments (e.g. EWD498, or EWD898: "Stop BASIC before it stops you") and insights to the commercial field of computer science (EWD 898: "I have fond memories of a project of the early 70's that postulated that we did not need programs at all! All we needed was intelligence amplification. If they have been able to design something that could amplify at all, they have probably discovered it would amplify stupidity as well; in any case I have not heard from it since.")