A handwritten letter from Dijkstra to an aspiring teenager (1989)

Re:A handwritten letter from Dijkstra to an aspiring teenage... by 082349872349872 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:55AM (#34078233)

essays collected at: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/

books listed at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra#Selected_pu...

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Re:A handwritten letter from Dijkstra to an aspiring teenage... by baxtr on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:48AM (#34078597)

Thanks for sharing! I realize I should have been clearer in my request. I was looking for 1-2 specific recommendations. I will look at the lists nonetheless.

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Re:A handwritten letter from Dijkstra to an aspiring teenage... by rramadass on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @05:26AM (#34078872)

Two books that i can recommend;

1) A Method of Programming.

2) A Discipline of Programming.

Browse the EWDs and read those whose titles interest you. My favourites are those dealing with Program Correctness and Languages.

Note that understanding Dijkstra can be hard; so don't be discouraged if you don't "get" something at the first read.

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