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Re:E.W.Dijkstra: On the foolishness of "natural language pro... by jdp23 on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @10:22AM (#1914486)
Dijkstra said this in 1978, so he was only 48 at the time.
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Re:E.W.Dijkstra: On the foolishness of "natural language pro... by joshes on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @02:10PM (#1915318)
One could argue that he was an elder with respect to his field at that time.
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