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;: Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. %%% ''— EdsgerWybeDijkstra''
It is only consequent that one of his most well known papers is GoToStatementConsideredHarmful, but he also wrote over thirteen hundred other works, all using the fountain pen rather than a computer, which are archived in digital form at [http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD].
-His eloquence and way with words is famous. Many concepts and phrases now common in computing originate from him: structured programming, separation of concerns, synchronization
, semaphore
, deadly embrace
, dining philosophers
, weakest precondition
, guarded command, the excluded miracle. He may have been the one who first used the words "vector" and "stack" in a computing context with their now established meanings. Other quotations of him to demonstrate his sharp wit:
+His eloquence and way with words is famous. Many concepts and phrases now common in computing originate from him: structured programming, separation of concerns, [Synchronisation]
, [Semaphore]
, DeadlyEmbrace
, DiningPhilosophers
, weakest PreCondition
, guarded command, the excluded miracle. He may have been the one who first used the words "vector" and "[
stack|Stack]
" in a computing context with their now established meanings. Other quotations of him to demonstrate his sharp wit:
;: "The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim."
;: "Do only what only you can do." ''(In advice to a promising researcher who asked how to select a topic for research.)''
