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by shagie 218 days ago
> I love Dijkstra’s writings, but, yes, he had very strong opinions that at times were abrasive. Alan Kay said it best when he said, “arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11796926

    alankay on May 30, 2016 | next [–]

    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. ...
(and yes, I left that out of context so that people would go read the whole thing)