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    Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (/ˈdaɪkstrə/ DYKE-strə; Dutch: [ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstra] ; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer...
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    computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1956 and published three years later. The algorithm exists in many variants. Dijkstra's original algorithm found...
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  • locations, while PODC has been traditionally held in North America. The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is presented alternately at PODC and...
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    Semaphore (programming) (category Edsger W. Dijkstra)
    Dijkstra, Edsger W. EWD-74 (PDF). E.W. Dijkstra Archive. Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. (transcription) Dijkstra, Edsger...
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    Considered harmful (category Edsger W. Dijkstra)
    disciplines. Its use in this context originated with a 1968 letter by Edsger Dijkstra published as "Go To Statement Considered Harmful". Considered harmful...
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  • Dijkstra (pronounced [ˈdɛikstrɑ] or [ˈdikstrɑ]) is a Dutch family name of West Frisian origin. It most commonly refers to: Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930–2002)...
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    in 1957 and Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1959. Therefore, it is also sometimes called the Jarník's algorithm, Prim–Jarník algorithm, Prim–Dijkstra algorithm or...
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  • Considered Harmful" open letter in 1968 by Dutch computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra, who coined the term "structured programming". Structured programming...
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    Dining philosophers problem (category Edsger W. Dijkstra)
    techniques for resolving them. It was originally formulated in 1965 by Edsger Dijkstra as a student exam exercise, presented in terms of computers competing...
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  • THE multiprogramming system (category Edsger W. Dijkstra)
    system designed by a team led by Edsger W. Dijkstra, described in monographs in 1965-66 and published in 1968. Dijkstra never named the system; "THE" is...
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