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This is a fantastic effort, the transcription and the archival of this content. If you are fortunate enough to be able to read the originals, definitely check s

This is a fantastic effort, the transcription and the archival of this content. If you are fortunate enough to be able to read the originals, definitely check some of them out. Dijkstra's handwriting is gorgeous, it gives the text humanness and a hint of whimsy, making it even more entertaining. Example: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd10xx/EWD1036.PDF https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd10xx/EWD1036.PDF

jacquesm 12y ago
I found this because after watching the video I was hoping some of the recipients had put scans online of the originals. To my surprise I found a whole archive of transcriptions.
- reubenmorais 12y ago
  The transcriptions have a link at the top right corner to the original file, when available.
skrebbel 12y ago
You'll appreciate the Dijkstra font: http://best-font.com/font/Dijkstra47467.html http://best-font.com/font/Dijkstra47467.html My alma mater, Eindhoven University of Technology, has a CS department whose direction has very much been shaped by Dijkstra's thinking. While Dijkstra himself was capable of more nuanced thought at times, he raised a whole set of, well, apostles, who took over his ideas and further developed them with a passion not unlike that of religious nuts. One of the things they also did, was meticulously copy his handwriting. A fun result of this was that I spent a fair amount of my degree watching grey, old bearded men fill up blackboards to the brim with girl's handwritings. Admittedly, this was a lot more clear and enlightening than someone pressing "play" on a powerpoint, though. I learned a lot.
- pmcjones 12y ago
  That font was originally designed by Luca Cardelli. His web site has his originals and an updated version by Reuben Thomas: http://lucacardelli.name/indexartifacts.html http://lucacardelli.name/indexartifacts.html (Fonts tab).

jacquesm 12y ago

I found this because after watching the video I was hoping some of the recipients had put scans online of the originals. To my surprise I found a whole archive of transcriptions.

reubenmorais 12y ago
The transcriptions have a link at the top right corner to the original file, when available.

skrebbel 12y ago

You'll appreciate the Dijkstra font: http://best-font.com/font/Dijkstra47467.html http://best-font.com/font/Dijkstra47467.html My alma mater, Eindhoven University of Technology, has a CS department whose direction has very much been shaped by Dijkstra's thinking. While Dijkstra himself was capable of more nuanced thought at times, he raised a whole set of, well, apostles, who took over his ideas and further developed them with a passion not unlike that of religious nuts. One of the things they also did, was meticulously copy his handwriting. A fun result of this was that I spent a fair amount of my degree watching grey, old bearded men fill up blackboards to the brim with girl's handwritings. Admittedly, this was a lot more clear and enlightening than someone pressing "play" on a powerpoint, though. I learned a lot.

pmcjones 12y ago
That font was originally designed by Luca Cardelli. His web site has his originals and an updated version by Reuben Thomas: http://lucacardelli.name/indexartifacts.html http://lucacardelli.name/indexartifacts.html (Fonts tab).