Edsger Dijkstra, who has died of cancer aged 72, was a computer programming pioneer and penetrating thinker, who would throw off such remarks as: "The question of whether computers can think is like ...

In our Retrobituaries series, we highlight interesting people who are no longer with us. Today let's explore the life of Edsger Dijkstra, who died at 72 in 2002. If you’ve used a computer or smart ...

Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, one of the creators of the art and science of computer programming, has died. He was 72. Born in Rotterdam in 1930, Dijkstra's career in Europe and the United States included ...

considered harmful: adj. [very common] Edsger W. Dijkstra’s note in the March 1968 “Communications of the ACM,” “Goto Statement Considered Harmful,” fired the first salvo in the structured programming ...

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Created by Dutch computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra in the 1950s, Dijkstra's Algorithm sets out to solve what is known in graph theory as a shortest path problem. What Dijkstra built would become the ...

If Spock would not think it illogical, it’s probably good code. Alexandre Buisse, CC BY-SA Legendary Dutch computer scientist Edsger W Dijkstra famously remarked that “testing shows the presence, not ...

Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, a pioneer in the field of computing, has died after a long struggle with cancer at his home in Nuenen, the Netherlands. Dijkstra died on Tuesday. He is survived by his wife, ...