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COMPUTER PEOPLE - E

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Edsger Dijkstra
Formal name:Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Date of birth:May 11, 1930
Rotterdam
Date of death:August 6, 2002
Nuenen, the Netherlands
Contributions:
  1. Helped with the development of ALGOL.
  2. Developed the Shortest Path Algorithm.
Quotes:
  • "GOTO statement considered harmful"
Web page:http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/
Other:
  • Recipient of the 1972 ACM Turing Award.
Engelbart, DouglasPlease see Douglas Engelbart on our Computer People - D page.
Eugene Kleiner
Date of birth:1923
Vienna
Date of death:November 20, 2003
Contributions:
  • Helped start Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957.
Related People:Eugene Kleiner, Gordon Moore, Jerry Sanders, Robert Noyce
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