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Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra, a collection of over 1,300 written works, famously known as EWDs. Also, In Pursuit of Simplicity symposium. Format: PDF.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/

Sites:

» Edsger Dijkstra
Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_Dijkstra

» Edsger Dijkstra: RIP
Obituary by Andrew Orlowski, The Register.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/08/edsger_dijkstra_rip/

http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/inv/burros/cbi00090-031.html

» Edsger W. Dijkstra Papers, 1971-1979
Burroughs Corporation Records: large, impressive list of articles and reports Dijkstra wrote about all aspects of programming; most written while a research fellow for Burroughs, Netherlands.
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/inv/burros/cbi00090-031.html

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/ewd498.html

» How Do We Tell Truths That Might Hurt?
Short, tongue-in-cheek essay by Edsger Dijkstra on old problems in programming, many of which are embarrassingly still with us: criticizes APL, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, PL/I, natural language programming.
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/ewd498.html

» MUF Mastery: Edsger W. Dijkstra
Brief biography with perceptive editorial comments.
http://laurel.actlab.utexas.edu/~cynbe/muq/muf3_17.html

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