The undeserved status of the pigeon-hole principle (1991)

Re:The undeserved status of the pigeon-hole principle (1991) by jmount on Saturday July 04, 2020 @06:02PM (#23735232)

I feel this is an instance of prof.dr. Edsger W.Dijkstra just being mean. If one works more on pigeon-hole principles you end up with Ramsey Theory, which covers some amazing results.

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Re:The undeserved status of the pigeon-hole principle (1991) by joe_the_user on Saturday July 04, 2020 @06:36PM (#23735386)

Yeah, this feel like a comment that might have been OK at a cocktail party or made offhand in the middle of an essay on something else.

Sure, maybe, in some instances, some people, might, perhaps make a little too much out of using the pigeon hole principle. But here, he make too much out of that situation.

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Re:The undeserved status of the pigeon-hole principle (1991) by pinewurst on Saturday July 04, 2020 @06:50PM (#23735438)

It wouldn’t be the only one. Review his archived papers and they’re well salted with snark.

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Re:The undeserved status of the pigeon-hole principle (1991) by jimhefferon on Sunday July 05, 2020 @06:38AM (#23737770)

"Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstra's" - Alan Kay (https://youtu.be/9KivesLMncs)

(I usually like Dijkstra's works but the quote does make a person smile.)

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