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Oral history interview with Edsger W. Dijkstra
Charles Babbage Institute
(2001)
Abstract
In this oral history Edsger Dijkstra recounts his early education and training as a theoretical physicist and as a'programmer'. Dijkstra describes his work developing software, and his activities at several early information processing conferences. Dijkstra also discourses on the development of ALGOL 60 and the origins of computing science in Europe and America.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2001
Citation Information
Philip L Frana. "Oral history interview with Edsger W. Dijkstra" Charles Babbage Institute (2001) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/philip_frana/6/