E.W. Dijkstra Archive - http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/
Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra, a collection of over 1,300 written works, famously known as EWDs. Also, In Pursuit of Simplicity symposium. Format: PDF. |
Edsger Dijkstra - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_Dijkstra
Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia] |
Edsger Dijkstra: RIP - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/08/edsger_dijkstra_rip/
Obituary by Andrew Orlowski, The Register. |
Edsger W. Dijkstra Papers, 1971-1979 - http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/inv/burros/cbi00090-031.html
Burroughs Corporation Records: large, impressive list of articles and reports Dijkstra wrote about all aspects of programming; most written while a research fellow for Burroughs, Netherlands. |
How Do We Tell Truths That Might Hurt? - http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/ewd498.html
Short, tongue-in-cheek essay by Edsger Dijkstra on old problems in programming, many of which are embarrassingly still with us: criticizes APL, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, PL/I, natural language programming. |