Edsger W. Dijkstra
(computer scientist)
Image: Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
I don’t know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
- Alan Kay
That quote was posted on Hacker News and Alan Kay himself responded to it:
This quote keeps on showing up out of context. Edsger and I got along quite well. He loved to be the way he was and pushed it. […]
