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Edsger W. Dijkstra Dead

Edsger W. Dijkstra
KindPerson
Born1930
Died2002
StatusDead
Fieldtheory
Sourcewww.cs.utexas.edu ↗

Gave us structured programming, the semaphore, and Go To Statement Considered Harmful — rigor as a design tool.

Worked at Burroughs Corporation
Created Go To Statement Considered Harmful

Wrote 'Go To Statement Considered Harmful' (1968), invented the semaphore and the shortest-path algorithm, and made structured programming a cause.\n\nTuring Award 1972; the EWD archive at UT Austin is the field's conscience.

Sources

  1. cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra