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Dijkstra, Edsger Wybe
Born: 1930 AD
Died: 2002 AD, at 72 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 2002 AD, at 72 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Dutch computer scientist
co-developed Algol 60
conceived dining philosophers problem
developed Dijkstra shortest path algorithm
wrote paper "GOTO Considered Harmful" 1968
Turing Award 1972
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