jiahao/backus-dijkstra-letters-1979
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Images and text transcripts of the correspondence between John Backus and Edsger Dijkstra, 1978-1979. Ref: https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your-breath-away-5b903624ca5f#.j6x6ppjc8 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11796557
3 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 0 stories, 3 comments · first 2016-05-29 · latest 2020-10-31
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…the resulting exchange between him and Backus was highly thought-provoking and entertaining. https://github.com/jiahao/backus-dijkstra-letters-1979/ https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your... > He should be a footnote…
comment by lioeters · 2020-10-31 · in Edsger Dijkstra – The Man Who Carried Computer Science on His Shoulders -
I've just expanded my vocabulary by 5 words, while reading the 1st page of correspondence: https://github.com/jiahao/backus-dijkstra-letters-1979/blob/... I'm in awe.
comment by ConcernedCoder · 2019-02-15 · in “This guy’s arrogance takes your breath away” – Jiahao Chen -
…the transcript! I've started a GitHub repo with a first draft of transcripts for all the letters. https://github.com/jiahao/backus-dijkstra-letters-1979 Anyone else who is interested is welcome to help proofread and submit PRs.
comment by acidflask · 2016-05-29 · in Letters between Backus and Dijkstra (1979)