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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion - Ethiopian Proverb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. W. Dijkstra, one of the giants of computer science died earlier this week. People who have studied Computer Science have no doubt heard of his 'GOTO considered harmful' letter but he also made extensive contributions in many different areas. A lot of ideas considered routine today (layered design, mutual exclusion, shortest path calculation among others) are all due to his work. An extensive list of his publications is at: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ To be living in the same era as Dijkstra, Knuth (algorithms), Vint Cerf (designed TCP/IP, the glue that holds the Internet together), Engelbart (invented the mouse and a whole lot of other things), Kleinrock (queueing theory guru) and other Comp Sci greats is pretty amazing. Its like a physicist living in the same time as the Curies, Newton, Kepler, Eistein, Rutherford etc. - Harshal -- http://www.mumbai-central.com : Where Mumbaikars meet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, use the form at: http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/#options This list is archived at: http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/archive.html
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