[nukkad] RIP, Dijkstra

[Harshal Chhaya <>]

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  When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion
- Ethiopian Proverb
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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

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