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A selection of Dijkstra's essays would also be good. "Selected Writings on Computing" has been out of print for a while and pre-dates some of his best essays, b
by fusiongyro 13y ago
A selection of Dijkstra's essays would also be good. "Selected Writings on Computing" has been out of print for a while and pre-dates some of his best essays, but it's in the right direction.
I haven't gotten much joy from these Dover books, but I like the principle.
- jcurbo 13y agoAgree. I spent some time looking through the archive of his manuscripts at UT (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/ http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/) and there's some good stuff in there. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD03xx/EWD303.html http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD03xx/EWD303.... is the one that led me there and is a pretty good one. ("On the reliability of programs.")