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Alan Kay on Dijkstra
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A short clip of Alan Kay commenting on Edsger Dijkstra in a humorous, pointed way.
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HN links it as a joke in threads about Dijkstra's writings, not as a recommendation.
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Not advocating Alan Kay's view on Dijkstra here, but his answer to this is still very funny: [VIDEO] "You may know that arrogance in computer science is measured in Nano-Dijkstras. [..] I wrote a rebuttal paper just named 'On the fact that most software in the world is written on one side of the Atlantic'."
Read original comment ↗"Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstra's" - Alan Kay ( [VIDEO] ) (I usually like Dijkstra's works but the quote does make a person smile.)
Read original comment ↗For better or worst, reading Dijkstra always reminds of these funny (I think) comments that Alan Kay made in 1997... "Arrogance in Computer Science is measured in nano-Dijkstras" --Alan Kay Video: [VIDEO]
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