Selected writings on computing
by Edsger Wybe Dijkstra · first published 1982
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A selection of Dijkstra's essays would also be good. "Selected Writings on Computing" has been out of print for a while and pre-dates some of his best essays, but it's in the right direction. I haven't gotten much joy from these Dover books, but I like the principle.
on “C.S. on the cheap” ↗…You must guess. For more detail I refer to the communications of the Chairman of the Board of "Mathematics Inc.", as published in [0]. For dominance of the Universities, see EWD539 in particular. [0] "Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective" by Edsger W.Dijkstra. Texts and Monographs in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag 1982 [ISBN: 0-387-90652-5] Austin, 21 February 1999 prof. dr Edsger W. Dijkstra Department of…
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