At 6:43 AM +0000 8/9/02, Jenny McLeod wrote:
>Hmmm...
>From the link...
>"He and his wife had a fondness for exploring state and national parks in
>their Volkswagen bus, dubbed the Touring Machine, in which he wrote many
>technical papers."
>Whoever came up with *that* name (Dijkstra, or someone else??) had a warped
>sense of humour...
>
>JMcL
A colleague from my OSI research days, Stephen Nightingale, selected
as his first vanity license plate "OSI 4". He explained this was
logical because his car was his transport.
Subsequently, he bought a Jeep, and obtained new license plates:
"OSI 4X4"
>
>David j wrote:
>>
>> I'm afraid it's true...
>> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/UTCS/notices/dijkstra/ewdobit.html
>>
>> Jenny McLeod wrote:
>> >
>> > I received a rumour that Edsger Dijkstra, known for his
>> dislike
>> > of Goto statements as much as for the shortest path first
>> > algorithm, has died. I haven't been able to confirm this,
>> > though.
>> > True? False?
>> >
> > > JMcL
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