20K views · Jun 7, 2011 · 2:39 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2016–2020
A short clip of Alan Kay commenting on Edsger Dijkstra in a humorous, pointed way.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN links it as a joke in threads about Dijkstra's writings, not as a recommendation.
“Not advocating Alan Kay's view on Dijkstra here, but his answer to this is still very funny”
Not advocating Alan Kay's view on Dijkstra here, but his answer to this is still very funny: this video "You may know that arrogance in computer science is measured in Nano-Dijkstras. [..] I wrote a rebuttal paper just named 'On the fact that most software in the world is written on one side of the Atlantic'."
“(I usually like Dijkstra's works but the quote does make a person smile.)”
"Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstra's" - Alan Kay ( this video ) (I usually like Dijkstra's works but the quote does make a person smile.)
“reading Dijkstra always reminds of these funny (I think) comments that Alan Kay made in 1997”
For better or worst, reading Dijkstra always reminds of these funny (I think) comments that Alan Kay made in 1997... "Arrogance in Computer Science is measured in nano-Dijkstras" --Alan Kay Video: this video
