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Edsger W. Dijkstra

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Edsger Wybe Dijkstra ( DYKE-strə; Dutch:; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician, and science essayist. Born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Dijkstra studied mathematics and physics and then theoretical physics at the University of Leiden.

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